Sentences with phrase «outside law firms comes»

While there are times when reliance on the bright, sparkly firm is needed (i.e., niche company work), solely relying on outside law firms comes with downsides — namely the sizeable hourly rates and the oft unnecessary hours of research that may need to be done and the multiple hands (i.e., the education of associates) that touch each matter.

Not exact matches

But it also comes after the convictions of Silver and Skelos, both of whom held lucrative jobs outside of government at politically connected law firms.

Protesters call on state Sen. Kemp Hannon to step down Community groups rallied outside state Sen. Kemp Hannon's law firm in Uniondale on Dec. 2, 2015, and called for him to step down after recently uncovered facts came to light during Sen. Dean Skelos» federal corruption trial.

The governor's speech comes shortly after Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested by federal law enforcement officials and accused of taking millions in bribes and kickbacks as part of his work with two outside law firms.

The redacted documents come from the town, Mangano's old law firm, Rivkin Radler and Jonathan Sinnreich, the outside counsel for the town who objected to the Singh loan guarantee, the prosecutors said in court papers.

The documents come from the town, Rivkin Radler — Mangano's former law firm — and Jonathan Sinnreich, an outside counsel for the town who objected to the Singh loan guarantee, the prosecutors said in court papers.

Not many are $ 79.5 K. I can see a 15 - 20 % allowance for outside earnings but attorneys like Flanagan should not get between $ 150 - 250K when they do no actual legal work on behalf of clients — and especially when the law firm he works for has a lobbying division that attempts to influence decision that come before him.

For those newbies entering litigation support from a position outside of the legal industry or from an IT position in a law firm, there can be a learning curve when it comes to «discovery» in litigation cases, also referred to as «the discovery phase» or «the discovery process».

Our law firm takes great pride in coming together on behalf of the individual to protect against what might seem like overwhelming legal opposition, often involving companies with ties outside the United States.

We are also members of the Law Society which means that clients have the protection and comfort of dealing with a UK firm of Solicitors, with all the regulation that comes with it, even though their legal issue may be outside of the UK.

So when a law firm is submitting an invoice, it comes in a format that the e-billing solution can check against outside counsel guidelines and flag or adjust items, saving time for invoice reviewers.

Corporate America's demands for AFAs in complex commercial litigation and transaction matters have effectively shifted the «risk of loss» from poor «case management» to outside law firms, who historically passed those risks on to their clients via the «billable hour» pricing model (e.g., «Something unexpected came up in your matter.

«You have to have such an intimate understanding of what the clients want and paying an outside law firm to come up to speed on the particularly specialized issues of gaming law is not cost effective,» he says.

Clearly, when outside counsel start to evaluate law performance and effectiveness, firms that use technology effectively will come out ahead.»

Though the function has come a long way, outside a handful of notable exceptions, most law firm leaders still have some semblance of the «I don't get it» mindset «when it comes to the professional management of marketing and business development.

Just 12 months remain until the third and final stage of the Legal Services Act comes into force, permitting U.K. law firms to accept outside equity investment for the first time.

Unsurprisingly, if the law department / outside firm financial engagement processes are lacking, resulting in (for example), budget overruns or unexpected bills, and this contributes to a poor perception of the GC within his or other organization, the GC will remember this when it comes to the next buy decision; it will not matter whether it is the firm or department which is at fault.

In part two, coming soon, Mark takes Bill through the sharing of the results of the performance evaluations with outside law firms.

Yet, Australia remains a black hole when it comes to discussions in Canada about outside investment in law firms.

What's happening in in - house departments around the country and internationally is we are hiring more senior and more high - priced in - house counsel and we're doing that because we don't want to rely on outside counsel, so it's incumbent on law firms to come up with a way to provide services to us at rates that don't make it prohibitive,» she said.

The outside ownership of law firms came of age in the UK in January 2012, but in the USA the movement lacks momentum for now.

For all that, the picture does feel incomplete: all the contributions and opinions come from law firms, and the absence of the in - house lawyer perspective leaves you wondering if general counsel might have a different view of the «reluctance and intransigence» problem about which their outside counsel complain.

When it comes to outside law firms, «commerciality», she says, is one key area for improvement.