Sentences with phrase «practice lawyers say»
Not exact matches
Last year it commissioned Montreal lawyer Lloyd Lipsett to review Bisha's current practices; his report, published in April, said spot checks of discharge papers and interviews with Segen workers confirmed they'd been discharged from national service.
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«Psychological tests make lawyers very nervous,» says Jennifer Lauro, cochair of the employment - and human - resources - practices group at Peabody & Arnold LLP, in Boston.
PARIS, April 24 - French billionaire Vincent Bollore, who stepped down days ago as chairman of media giant Vivendi, is being questioned by police as part of an investigation into allegations of corrupt business practices in Africa, his lawyer said.
«The SEC is saying, look, there's a wild west happening, and while we're concerned, there are good practices we can encourage,» says William Carleton, a start - up lawyer based in Seattle who has followed the no - action letters.
A letter obtained by the Canadian Press from a lawyer representing the Great White North Franchise Association to Tim Hortons parent company Restaurant Brands Inc. said if RBI refuses to meet with franchisees by Friday to discuss «deficient IT practices» and «future IT protocols» they will take the matter to court.
The federal government has said that the tax changes it has proposed are aimed at people who fall into the smallest - of - the - small category: many of them professionals such as doctors or lawyers — who incorporated their practices and are eligible for tax benefits available to small businesses.
Stumpf, however, did not seem to express regret for how he handled those initial weeks after the bank was fined, including where he initially levied most of the blame on low - level employees for the sales practices problems instead of management, said Stuart Baskin, lawyer with Shearman & Sterling, the firm that the board hired to investigate the sales scandal.
«A particularly strong factor in deciding to publish this new edition was driven by the continuous change in terms of the standards of practice required not only of agents and brokers, but also of lawyers, mortgage brokers, lenders, financial advisors, appraisers and other involved parties,» says Rumack.
AHA lawyer, Monica L Miller said: «The district's actions in assisting the Gideons in distributing Bibles to elementary students represents a clear breach of the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution and we hereby demand assurances that this practice will discontinue immediately.»
Shoop's father, a lawyer, might've said, «We didn't send you to Yale to be a coach,» but befriending rivals is something coaching has in common with practicing law.
A lawsuit stemming from the head - injury death of a Frostburg State University football player should be dismissed because his coaches did not know the athlete was bleeding or had suffered a concussion and could not have foreseen that he was endangering his life by participating in practice drills, lawyers say.
Incidentally, these are the same lawyers and social commentators who, before the Anas exposé, insulted; made formal disciplinary complaints against; and without a hearing, illegally banned myself and others from practicing in the courts of law - all for daring to say that «no one can convince me that there is no corruption in the judiciary or that some judges do not take bribes».
Susan Lerner, director of Common Cause, the watchdog group that's criticized de Blasio's envelope - pushing fund - raising practices, said de Blasio's use of the loophole — as well as having a campaign treasurer also serve as his campaign - funded lawyer — is both a dodge and a conflict of interest.
«The charges brought against Mr. Aiello and Mr. Gerardi reveal how completely innocent business practices can be twisted by the government into allegations of criminal conduct, despite our clients» full cooperation from the start of this process,» the lawyers said.
Supporters of the bill said those attorney oversight systems are inadequate because they are geared more toward lawyers in civil practice.
«It is legal and it has been common practice for district attorneys to raise money from lawyers even though those lawyers may have matters before the office,» Vance said.
When reporters on Tuesday relayed good - government advocates» questions about the practice, Klein said: «That's nonsense because you're not a lawyer.»
«That would be a terrible mistake,» said DeFrancisco, a lawyer who no longer practices.
«I don't begrudge her that,» said Owens, a practicing lawyer in Plattsburgh who has endorsed Derrick.
Ms Smith said she would review the codes of practice with regard to covert surveillance and MPs, with a view to giving conversations between MPs and constituents the same level of confidentiality as those between an individual and their lawyer.
Cuomo said that in the early 1960s, not long after he started to practice law, he took over the representation of an association of about 15 junkyard dealers after the group's previous lawyer, Michael Castaldi, became a judge.
Mr. Molo, meanwhile, said Mr. Silver and his staff believed the commission was «illegal» and an over-reach of the governor's power, and as such sued to stop it — a suit led by a lawyer in private practice who was once the U.S. attorney.
Public defenders oppose courthouse arrests by immigration authorities, but administrators said lawyers» protests against the practice were disruptive.
His lawyers say federal prosecutors are unfairly going after him for practices that have long been sanctioned in Albany.
Grant's defense lawyer, John Meringolo, declined to comment, but law enforcement sources said they expected O'Neill would be asked about NYPD practices in dealing with precinct residents and various religious and ethnic communities.
And if companies start profiting from troll behaviour, the practice will spread, says lawyer Robert Cook - Deegan of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
The reasoning is all very common sense and practical, says a lawyer specializing in family law, who took time out of his practice to talk to CBS Philadelphia about why Januarys a good month for him.
In a new poll out today, Americans say they want teacher preparation programs to raise the bar for entrance, provide longer training periods for practice teaching, and require new teachers to pass a rigorous certification exam akin to the ones required of lawyers and doctors.
It's likely Fintrac had such an agreement and felt a significant fine would be enough to satisfy the Canadian public, said Christine Duhaime, a lawyer at Duhaime Law, which specializes in counter-terrorist financing and anti-money laundering law practice.
Last year's release of a Senate report on CIA interrogation practices means lawyers for the accused Sept. 11 plotters can now discuss in court the treatment they say their clients endured.
Byrd, now in private practice as an environmental lawyer in Orlando, said he was fired because he repeatedly complained the DEP was not enforcing laws to protect the environment.
No one in Massachusetts could say unequivocally that Mr. Landau was the oldest practicing lawyer in the state, but no one disputed it either.
By focusing on lawyer - client communications, Kavoosi said, «we want to focus on the 20 percent of practice management that makes a difference for 80 percent of the lawyers.»
The BBJ says that Bingham already has a Japanese practice group of 30 lawyers, based mostly in New York but with one lawyer stationed in Japan.
Hilland said feedback from Aboriginal lawyers and law students found they often faced specific cultural challenges and lacked experienced mentors to provide counselling to address their concerns about the practice of law or career advancement.
«Lawyers could use Ross» artificial intelligence to transform the practice of law, and that's what we're hoping to achieve,» said Venkat.
The day after the jury decided the case, the presiding judge called me to say that it was his practice to meet with juries after they finished their deliberations and get their feedback on the trial, the judge, and the lawyers.
Conscript — i.e. — make it compulsory for lawyers who want to practice in a jurisdiction to spend, say, one contiguous year in their first five years of practice in that jurisdiction working as lawyers for the Legal Corp..
Lawyers could nominate posts for firm - or practice - wide posting (to, say, a portal, with or without vetting).
Pinnington says that under the 2/3 Rule, «the goal of being a happy lawyer with a successful practice can be achieved provided all your clients / matters meet at least 2/3 of the following requirements:» 1.
Rodrigue, who oversaw the opening of the Montreal office in Place Ville Marie on April 2, following her nomination as Montreal managing partner in February, said she is building a team with lawyers not only called to both Canada's common law and Quebec's civil regime jurisdictions but having an active practice in both.
Though Georgia typically requires practice for five of the last seven years when out - of - state lawyers seek bar admission, that requirement was overridden by the waiver policy for military spouses, the ABA says.
Attorneys at 60 - lawyer Levenfeld Pearlstein in Chicago probably meet to talk about pricing at least once a month, and «I'm sure it's not just our firm,» says partner Patricia A. O'Connor, who heads the firm's practice representing community associations.
What if the target audience of that side hustle knows the venture is headed by a lawyer — say the side business is called «Barrister's Bed and Breakfast,» or its website mentions the owner also practices law?
«Said the judges: «Brent Kidwell was nominated based on his remarkable success in melding the expertise of the firm's technicians with its lawyers» practices so as to create a uniquely efficient «Client Driven Applied Technology» — all executed within a 12 - month period.»
«It was a watershed, and created a mini-self-governing right to be forgotten when there's NCP,» or nonconsensual porn, says Carrie Goldberg, a New York City lawyer who developed a practice in revenge - porn law after being victimized and unable to find a lawyer who really knew the area.
As Tom Mighell, past Chair of the American Bar Association's Law Practice Management Section said in his 2010 IgniteLaw speech before the 2011 ABA TECHSHOW, No Lawyer Left Behind, most law schools do not provide practice management education, and this omission needs to be rectified by employing practicing lawyers to teach these subjects, making them requirements for graduation, and including a practical coPractice Management Section said in his 2010 IgniteLaw speech before the 2011 ABA TECHSHOW, No Lawyer Left Behind, most law schools do not provide practice management education, and this omission needs to be rectified by employing practicing lawyers to teach these subjects, making them requirements for graduation, and including a practical copractice management education, and this omission needs to be rectified by employing practicing lawyers to teach these subjects, making them requirements for graduation, and including a practical component.
Cohen ran his own legal practice from 1996 to 2006, and he represented hundreds of clients, his lawyers said after the April 9 FBI raids on Cohen's home, office and hotel room.
On Butterick's own blog (which I must say has a nice font), he explains that while he is a practicing lawyer in Los Angeles, he also has a degree in art from Harvard focusing on graphic design and typography, as well as experience as a digital font designer.
The circa 100 - lawyer Zurich - based firm, which is particularly strong in the capital markets and corporate commercial sectors, is said to have been looking for a globally proven practice management system with a modern and scalable infrastructure.