Sentences with phrase «operation of the law department»

Blend with extensive serving background in legal, compliance, and contract management capacities to effectively conduct in - depth legal research and ensure the smooth operation of the law department.

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Funding for the Department of Insurance is reduced by $ 32 million, reflecting savings achieved through a $ 30 million reduction in health insurance subsidy payments made under the Timothy's Law program and $ 2 million from net State operations changes.

«At a time when we are asking state and federal law enforcement to help put in more resources, how can we have a police commissioner who is diverted from the day - to - day operations of the department?»

Rob Calarco's bill, dubbed Ginger's Law, that requires dog groomers to register with the county consumer affairs department, mandates that groomers have at least 150 hours of training or experience, and sets standards for safe operations.

Counsel Alphonso David and risk officer Linda Lacewell each earned between $ 5,000 and $ 20,000 for positions at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law and the New York University School of Law, respectively, and deputy director of state operations Matthew Millea, who was with the Department of State in 2014, brought in between $ 1,000 and $ 5,000 from Syracuse University's Maxwell School.

Over the summer, the Department of Motor Vehicles worked with state and local law enforcement to make more than 130 arrests and confiscate more than 60 fake IDs at concerts throughout the state of New York as a part of Operation Prevent, a year - round DMV initiative focused on preventing underage drinking, according to the release.

«In fact, your own Departments of Labor, Health, and Agriculture and Markets are involved in overseeing and inspecting farm operations to ensure that the multitude of state and federal labor laws that specifically protect farmworkers are met.»

«None of this is true and the county attorney's office, the law department thoroughly vetted this and this is money that was at the airport for the purpose of operations and explaining what is happening at the airport,» Astorino said.

«To this end therefore, we wish to call on the Nigeria police Force, Department of State Services, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Operation Safe Haven, and all other collaborating law enforcement agencies to secure and protect our supporters from the impending threat.»

One of the law's most prominent planks was the creation of the NYPD Inspector General, an independent police department watchdog that would audit NYPD practices and operations and make recommendations on improvements.

«Operation: Blood Stone» is a collaborative law enforcement effort between the Yonkers Police Department and the Gang, Firearms and Narcotics Bureau of the Westchester County District Attorney's Office.

The money is coming from the largest source of federal funding for state, local, and tribal public safety activities and is one of several programs administered by the Department of Justice that support law enforcement operations and improve officer safety.

The law outlines five options for change: Replace all or most of the school staff; contract with a private entity to operate the school as a public campus; reopen the school as a charter school; restructure the school's governance through staff changes or other means; or turn the operation of the school over to the state Department of Education, which has indicated it's not interested in such takeovers.

Previously, Marc served as vice president and chief operating officer at the Pennsylvania SPCA (PSPCA) headquartered in Philadelphia, overseeing the operations of six facilities, including animal control for the City of Philadelphia and the PSPCA's Humane Law Enforcement Department.

The department aids local humane societies, animal care and control agencies, law enforcement and disaster preparedness agencies by assisting in the planning and execution of animal rescue operations, including evidence collection, documentation, removal and short and long - term care of animals in need.

As one observer at Above the Law put it, legal operations apparently covers «every aspect of running a legal department except for the dispensing of actual legal advice.»

But when Congress in 2012 mandated the FAA to draft regulations for drone operation by 2015, the prospect of drone law practice began to catch the attention of large firms, particularly those with aviation law departments.

And whether you are a legal operations professional in a legal department or at a law firm, are you aware of management trends and best practices...

Catherine is also the director of the section of ACC for legal operations professionals, and the ACC Law Department Executive Leadership programs for the heads of operations of very large legal departments.

He points to the relatively new legal operations section within the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) as a «good indication we are in the beginning of the middle» in terms of law departments ascending the CounselLink Legal Department Maturity Model.

In a panel organized by the Association of Corporate Counsel, you will hear how experienced law department leaders respond to this pressure and what it means both for their department operations and the law firms they retain.

One benchmark: the Association of Corporate Counsel last month launched a new section for legal operations professionals, the folks — many of them not lawyers (but not non-lawyers)-- who help general counsel bring creative and business - minded practices to the management of law departments.

As growing numbers of general counsel are hiring legal operation chiefs to realign their legal departments, law firms are at greater risk of being left behind, according to a recent survey.

[/ span] A law so important to the effective functioning of an economy that not one but three federal enforcement agencies were tasked with its enforcement, together with a national co-ordinating body and three government oversight departments to ensure its efficient operation.

One of the provisions provided: «Negative comments on the internal operations of the bureau, or specific conduct of supervisors or peers that impacts the public's perception of the department is not protected by the First Amendment free speech clause, in accordance with established case law.»

Acquisition expands footprint and adds additional Discovery, Imaging and Litigation Support expertise and resources to D4's Chicago operations ROCHESTER, NY and CHICAGO, IL October 20, 2014 D4, LLC, a national provider of eDiscovery, forensics, deposition and managed services to law firms and corporate legal departments, announced today its further expansion in Chicag...

One legal department is looking to the future with plans for a law firm scorecard and an objective means of evaluating outside counsel, according to a legal operations manager at a biopharmaceutical company.

A discussion about KM drivers aligns well with a recent industry development, the rise of corporate law department legal operations professionals...

I was reviewing the results of The Ninth Annual Law Department Operations Survey (Blickstein Group / Consilio), which found that 33 percent of responding companies added their first legal operations professional in 2008.

The stated mission according to its website is: «To help legal operations professionals and other core corporate legal industry players (e.g. tech providers, law firms, LPOs, law schools, etc.) optimize the legal service delivery models needed to support the needs of small, medium, and large legal departments.»

The Association of Corporate Counsel reports that almost half of law departments surveyed now have legal operations staff, more than twice the number reported last year.

Big Data is capable of mining clients for their legal needs, examining and interpreting legal invoice data, and analyzing performance reviews and other human resources data and can provide a «genetic road map» for much of the law department's operations.

This panel will discuss how innovative law departments are meeting this challenge by using a portfolio of insourcing, outsourcing, technology, benchmarking, analytics and project management techniques to create and manage a legal ecosystem of law firm and non-law firm LPOs, for law department operations and substantive legal services.

The event focuses on operational strategies and issues for legal technology professionals working in law departments or as part of legal operations.

Legal department operations (LDO) is a growing segment of the legal industry focused on improving operational aspects of law department management.

Writing in an article in Corporate Counsel last week, Dan Currell, director of client solutions at Novus Law and Aaron Kotok, legal practice leader at CEB, assessed the state of legal department operations.

A survey of law department operations (LDO) professionals found they use a range of cost control measures.

The combination of its diversified set of strategy, operations, technology and talent services with our powerful lightweight software solution will enable law departments to take their legal operations to the next level.

Legal operations professionals are often hired to solve one problem in a legal department, but the role quickly evolves into working with legal department leadership (whether a General Counsel or Chief Legal Officer) to address the full range of issues facing the company's legal department's problems that don't involve practicing law.

The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium's Third Annual CLOC Institute in Las Vegas this week saw the number of attendees almost double from last year's event, an indication of growth and relevance of the legal operations function in law departments.

Process improvement and the operational side of the practice of law were a major focus, specifically with the rise of the now separate legal operations roles at several law firms and in - house legal departments.

I also had the privilege of producing a report about legal operations within corporate law departments during the summer of 2015.

Consider: (1) the separation from the pack by a few of The AmLaw 200; (2) a recent report by ALM Intelligence revealing that law firms now account for only 25 % market share; (3) changed customer expectations — «faster, better, cheaper» and «more with less»; (4) new competitors — notably the BigFour, in - house departments, and legal service providers; (5) the sustainability of the partnership model for economic, cultural, structural, and succession reasons; and (6) the emergence of legal operations — CLOC and its ACC counterpart — and the distinction between legal practice and delivery.

BENEFITS: • Improves control over law firm bill review process, including ability to identify trends and gain deeper visibility into law firm spending • Achieves 100 % paperless billing process with law firms, which supports corporate objective of environmental sustainability in business operations • Enables easy collaboration with colleagues inside the company, regardless of where they are located and whether they are travelling • Standardized coding and processing of law firm invoices produces tremendous efficiency gains for legal department • Robust reporting tools allow quick analysis of monthly legal budget across practice areas, easy tracking of matters and more precise assessment of spending by law firm

Given the importance of law firms to the legal department's success, we wanted to offer a tool that would help legal operations professionals to assess the status of their vendor management programs and identify opportunities for improvement.

Matt leads Elevate's Legal Business Solutions and US consulting practice focused on design, development and delivery of practical solutions to help corporate law departments and government agencies manage their legal operations and reduce legal spend, and help law firms improve profitability through use of value - based pricing (AFAs) and project management.

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Legal operations (and legal project management) are both getting a fair bit of attention these days as both law firms and in - house legal departments continue looking for ways to ensure they're being both effective and efficient.

David has 20 + years of proven experience guiding strategic decisions and programs that transform, improve, grow and enhance law departments and operations.

In his current position, he leads the law, compliance, insurance, and government relations operation function for a global Fortune 30 company operating in 160 + countries with the core focus of work centered on aligning departments and operations with an effective business strategy in step with targeted business objectives and goals.