Sentences with phrase «practicing attorneys say»
Some mothers who are practicing attorneys say they face an unforgiving environment in top law firms — the very places where judges - in - waiting are groomed — requiring them to prioritize work over family in order to advance.
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«The TPP, which has been demonized by President Trump, was essentially the renegotiation of NAFTA,» said Andy Shoyer, co-chair of the international trade practice at Sidley Austin and former trade attorney during the initial NAFTA agreement.
«I don't want to worry about this stuff, and I don't want to practice law again,» said Mara Fortin, owner of a Nothing Bundt Cakes franchise, and a former attorney based in San Diego.
Massachusetts» attorney general has already said she would investigate Facebook over the matter while a coalition of 37 state attorneys has sent Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter urging him disclose more information about his company's data collection and security practices.
David Koenigsberg, a former assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York who previously practiced with Spears and who knows Imes, said he was «somewhat surprised» to see Hendon representing Trump.
Making such promises and failing to live up to them is a violation of FTC rules against unfair and deceptive business practices,» EFF Staff Attorney Nate Cardozo said.
If DFS finds the loans somehow violate banking law, it could fine the banks or take other corrective action with regard to their business practices, said New York attorney Daniel Alter, former general counsel at DFS.
But NEDAP staff attorney Susan Shin says bank customers are routinely denied that right in practice.
Patrick Cotter, a former federal prosecutor who practices law in Chicago, said Trump was «mistaken» in his assessment that attorney - client privilege is dead.
«Most of the big projects that have gone up still have [loan] extension options available to them,» said attorney Timothy Little, head of the real estate practice at the law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman.
The practice is «fairly common in the meat processing industry,» said Mark Kistler, the Overland Park attorney representing workers.
Amber Williams, Associate Attorney with Lipson Neilson, which is also supporting the church said: «Not only is this practice unconstitutional, it defeats the very purpose of providing community information.
«I had wondered if it was an issue and asked the attorney,» Cornell said, explaining he was curious about «best practices.»
A spokesman for NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said she «was disappointed to learn the Somos conference is being sponsored by Herbalife, which has found itself under investigation by several Attorneys General and the FBI for their business practices.»
«It was not operated by the United States government, but by figures from both Ghanaian and Turkish organised crime rings and a Ghanaian attorney practicing immigration and criminal law,» the State Department said in a statement released late on Friday.
«We are deeply disappointed that the City Council passed a flawed Right To Know Act which will do little to end deceptive and often abusive NYPD searches,» said Tina Luongo, Attorney - In - Charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society.
«Perini will simply continue the office's corrupt practices,» said Myers, referring to criticism that Perini used improper wire taps as a former Suffolk prosecutor and as a defense attorney rented a partyboat from a DA bureau chief.
«I was shocked to learn that the state's budget process is a sham that mirrors the deceptive practices I fought to change in the private sector,» Cuomo said, referring to Wall Street abuses he challenged in his previous job as New York's attorney general.
«This turns upside down the longstanding compensation practice of home care agencies with respect to live - in aides, and raises questions about how providers are supposed to compensate their aides going forward,» said Emina Poricanin, an attorney with Hodgson Russ LLP, the firm that represented the New York State Association of Health Care Providers.
At a City Council hearing on criminal discovery practices in February chaired by Queens councilman Rory Lancman, Sergio de la Pava, a supervising attorney for New York County Defender Services who has been representing indigent defendants in Manhattan for over 20 years, described a typical experience in the borough's courtrooms: After waiting six months or a year for trial, he said, «The DA comes in with a cart and drops about six inches of material on your desk.
it's very unusual for the Department of Justice to permit prosecutors to raid an attorney's office and that's because you want to be careful not to get privileged material,» said Litman, who teaches at the UCLA School of Law and continues to practice at the law firm Constantine Cannon.
Supporters of the bill said those attorney oversight systems are inadequate because they are geared more toward lawyers in civil practice.
«Harvey Newkirk, an attorney with a major law firm with an obligation and responsibility to practice law in good faith, instead violated the law by lying and defrauding lenders out of millions of dollars in an attempt to help his client purchase Maxim Magazine,» said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet attorney with a major law firm with an obligation and responsibility to practice law in good faith, instead violated the law by lying and defrauding lenders out of millions of dollars in an attempt to help his client purchase Maxim Magazine,» said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Attorney Preet Bharara.
«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.
Part of Cuomo's reform package includes ending the practice of cross-endorsing candidates, but Albany County District Attorney David Soares says passing laws without funding to fight corruption won't work.
The three men in a room process was the subject of some very public criticism by US Attorney Preet Bharara, who mocked the practice in a speech delivered the day after the arrest on corruption charges of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and said it is the root of Albany's many problems.
«Change does not happen without an honest conversation in our communities, in our courthouses, at City Hall about how we have real reform in the criminal justice system, real reform in our communities and real relationships between NYPD and the people they serve,» Tina Luongo, attorney - in - chief for Legal Aid Society Criminal Practice, the plaintiff in the court case, said.
On a separate track, the district attorney said he also is working with state investigators to look at overtime practices in the Syracuse Police Department.
«My research so far seems to indicate that it's a permissive use of state asset forfeiture funds,» Kennedy said of the district attorney's practice.
He sat down several months ago and «spoke about my struggle» with New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (no relation), who said his office seeks to go after «unscrupulous business practices.»
The Attorney General's office hasn't opened a formal investigation into the Bloomberg practices, said one...
Former governor David Paterson, who now chairs the New York State Democratic Committee, offered a defense of Sheldon Silver on Thursday morning, saying attorney referrals were common practice in the legal field.
A split Second Circuit overturned a district court ruling that a New York law requiring nonresident attorneys to keep a physical office in the state as a prerequisite to practice is unconstitutional, saying it wasn't implemented for protectionist reasons.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, in a news conference and a speech, said Silver practiced «the greedy art of secret self - reward» and exemplified Albany's «cauldron of corruption.»
Kellner, an attorney whose practice focuses on real estate and international and commercial litigation, said he believes New York's transparency laws for corporate formation are no better than Delaware's.
«This set of reforms helps to move the criminal «justice» system closer to actual justice and away from an overreliance on arrests, prosecution and jail for low - level offenses,» said Tina Luongo, the attorney in charge of the criminal defense practice at the Legal Aid Society.
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.
ALBANY — Investigators from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office searched an office at SUNY Polytechnic Institute's campus in western Albany on Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation into the school's contracting practices, sources said.
The Department of Justice aims to reduce and «ultimately» end its practice of sending inmates to private prisons, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates said in a memo to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Sugarman said critics tend to focus exclusively on her work with Cuomo that began in the attorney general's office and carried over to the governor's office, but not the 20 years she spent as the chief of the homicide and trial division in the Bronx district attorney's office or the 10 years in private practice after that.
Tina Luongo, Attorney - in - Charge of the Criminal Practice for the Legal Aid Society, said ICE agents have been seen at New York City courthouses much more frequently since President Donald Trump took office on January 20.
Common Cause and other government watchdog groups say the Senate should immediately end the practice of paying the stipends, and that State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Albany County District Attorney David Soares should look into the matter.
County Attorney Greg Amoroso said «This has long been an unofficial practice and we are pleased to announce that it is now the rule going forward.
N. Scott Banks, who became Legal Aid's attorney - in - chief last year, said the agency has made changes to its bookkeeping and accounting practices.
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has shone a spotlight on «double - dipping,» saying that the practice of government employees collecting salaries and public pensions at the same time is helping drive the state's retirement costs dangerously high.
The Syracuse school district says it's already working to improve discipline with the city's public schools as the state attorney general investigates its practices.
Ruhe, a Wethersfield attorney who practices family and juvenile law, did not raise money for her campaign, but said she was active on social media and in the community.
In fact Cuomo had cracked down on the member item program when he was attorney general, and in 2010 campaigned against a practice that good - government groups said invited corrupt conflicts.
«If workers strike or are locked out of their jobs during a labor dispute, a utility might operate just fine, or there could be a major problem,» said Scott, an attorney who spent 10 years practicing energy and regulatory law before joining the OSU faculty.
Although SEC filings would no longer be required, communities could still learn something about its waste management and production practices because the company would need to provide information for various kinds of environmental permits, says Tarah Heinzen, an attorney with the Environmental Integrity Project.