Sentences with phrase «questioned whether lawyers»

I've regularly questioned whether lawyers have business sense, and I guess time will tell whether the strategy of throwing kerosene on the fire is the right approach to this development.

Some questioned whether lawyers need a private social network or whether they could effectively network and do legal business using the open net.

Turkewitz also questions whether the lawyers running these ads are actually the best for the job, or merely the best at getting their name out.

It explicitly leaves open the question whether the lawyer did indeed have authority - that is a matter between lawyer and client.

In dealing with the claimant's further request for an order that anyone who had read the privileged documents or was aware of their content should be removed from further involvement in the relevant FSA investigation, the judge held that, while the approach identified in the private law context to the question whether a lawyer in possession of privileged material should be restrained from acting is a useful guide, when the question arises in judicial review proceedings there will necessarily be a public law element in the underlying dispute.

Pursuing that line of argument further, a client may well question whether a lawyer was actually needed at all?

While Turow doubts that greed is the principal motivation for the overwhelming majority of lawyers, he questions whether lawyers aren't subtly influenced by the prospect of increased profit to perform certain marginal tasks that may have been unnecessary from the client's standpoint.

Not exact matches

The reason is that whether the lawyer works for a business or runs one, questions arise regarding the intersection of, and perhaps conflict between, legal ethics on one hand and business ethics on the other.

Legal experts are divided on whether the state's lawyers should be allowed to question the president's advisers - and possibly even the president - in depositions.

And lawyers say it raises questions about whether Yelp violated Senigaglia's right to privacy or gave her grounds to accuse the company of defamation.

John Dowd, who resigned as President Trump's lead lawyer for the special counsel investigation, broke with Mr. Trump over whether the president should agree to be questioned in the inquiry, a person briefed on the matter said.

The Nunes memo became public at a time when Trump's lawyers are negotiating with Mueller's team over whether he will answer questions related to the probe.

His daughter, Scout, now in her mid-twenties and visiting home from her erstwhile and vaguely described life in New York, finds Atticus at a meeting where a professional scaremonger warns the sympathetic audience that their concern is «not the question of whether snot - nosed niggers will go to school with your children or ride in the front of the bus... it's whether... we will be slaves of the Communists» and «nigger lawyers.»

Leaving aside the (still interesting but tangential) issues of whether rule 40b can be amended prior to convention; OR lawyering of its language to benefit specific candidates; the question I have is:

De Blasio dodged the question about whether he'll have to testify in a Long Island corruption trial that stars one of his big donors, saying: «I'm not a lawyer... What we did, what my team did, what I did was legal and appropriate.»

While Graham and others questioned the PSC's ability to arbitrate environmental rather than utility issues, the commission's lawyers questioned whether the plaintiffs had legal standing since the organizations fighting the subsidy were mostly from the lower Hudson Valley, which is some four hours away from the nuclear plants.

Marty Connor, an election lawyer and the former leader of the State Senate Democrats, pulled Teachout's voting records and spent Friday and Saturday sharing them with journalists, noting that she claimed to be a permanently disabled voter (this lets her vote by absentee ballot), had no record of voting in New York in 2011 or 2013 and questioned whether she met the five - year residency requirement to be governor.

Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, a Democrat from Rockland County, asked members of the industry a series of questions about possible regulations, including whether an age limit of 18 or 21 was appropriate (18, a FanDuel lawyer replied), whether information about problem gambling was made available (yes, through an outside link, Schiller said), whether there are prohibitions on employees of sporting teams who might have inside knowledge playing (no, because their knowledge would be a statistically insignificant advantage, the companies said) and whether players were limited in their number of entries they could make in a given day.

But in one new matter Thursday, defense lawyers questioned Howe about five different incidents in which he rented cars from different companies — Hertz, Avis, Budget — that ended in disputes about whether they had been returned, only to be found days or weeks after they were due back.

It's normal for lawyers and others to ask questions whether the Supreme Court's decisions follow a legal pattern: that is, do the Court's decisions conform to legal precedent, ordinary norms of legal reasoning, and established constitutional and legal principles.

The mayor repeatedly referred to how frequently he spoke with lawyers about donors and the fundraising issues now under the microscope — which of course, to some, might raise the question of whether he or his team suspected they were running up against the law.

The debate gives the Deputy Leader of the House the opportunity to confirm for the avoidance of doubt, as lawyers would say, that the commitment in the coalition agreement will be complied with, and when he gives that commitment perhaps he would also answer my hon. Friend's question on whether there will be a House business committee and the Backbench Business Committee or just one covering both important subjects.»

Attorney Joseph LaTona, who represents Maziarz, told WBFO in October 2017 that Board of Elections lawyers were questioning whether the deeds his client was accused of committing were criminal in nature.

But the statement exposes Ayine's lack of good lawyering skills and raises the question of whether he studied under any eminent and seasoned senior before his appointment as Deputy Minister for Justice.

Aaron Schock's lawyers say witnesses in the case against the former congressman have been asked «distasteful, offensive,» and «prejudicial» questions about every part of Schock's sex life including whether he is ga... Read

Federal investigators looking into President Trump's personal lawyer are now questioning whether the country's largest tabloid publisher helped Trump during his presidential campaign.

«I am married and loyal to my husband,» Flor defensively told one of her husband's defense lawyers after misunderstanding his question about whether she had a relationship with Menendez, 63, that was «independent» of her husband's.

Progress had been made so far in his office's investigation, Soares said in that July letter, but police lawyers had questioned whether his office had jurisdiction.

Although some question whether broadcast content is the best use of precious spectrum space, broadcast media are still the best way to get information directly to people — a role that can not be underestimated in emergencies, Dan Margolis, a lawyer with Garvey Schubert Barer's communications, media and technology industry group, said at a National Broadband Plan roundtable discussion hosted Monday by New York Law School in New York City.

The crucial question is which lawyer the three judges — Douglas Ginsburg, Thomas Griffith and Karen LeCraft Henderson — will agree with as they consider whether to uphold or overturn a preliminary injunction issued by US District Court judge Royce Lamberth on 23 August.

In fact, I have been known to ask my own annoying questions to people in other professions, such as asking a lawyer or two whether they have ever shouted in court, «You can't handle the truth!»

Concerned with the question of whether an artwork can dictate its own conditions of existence and exhibition, Khalili worked with a lawyer to draft a contract through which the artwork itself determines its «Deed of Ownership and Condition of Existence».

When I was at the zoo last week, I asked a lawyer from the conservation society whether it might be best to think of these credits as «conservation credits,» given the persistent questions about the utility of carbon trading in limiting the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

But Mwenenge declined to say whether Dokolo has a financial interest in Exem Holding.8 Dokolo himself, via his lawyer, declined to respond to questions from Global Witness.9 Sonangol's chairman, Manuel Vicente, did not respond to written questions.10

Since last year, lawyers for the defendants from various governmental organizations have attempted to get the case dismissed on various grounds, including the question of whether minors can defend their constitutional rights like adults, as well as asserting that climate change is not caused by humans.

Whether its timber, diamonds, oil or mineral deals, those with suspect money to hide need a bank that won't ask awkward questions; a lawyer to help them find loopholes and skirt laws; and a legal smokescreen so they can get it out of the country it came from.

[1] In determining whether a lawyer employs the requisite knowledge and skill in a particular matter, relevant factors include the relative complexity and specialized nature of the matter, the lawyer's general experience, the lawyer's training and experience in the field in question, the preparation and study the lawyer is able to give the matter and whether it is feasible to refer the matter to, or associate or consult with, a lawyer of established competence in the field in question.

In her words, «One must question whether members of the Bar, who occupy positions of special trust and confidence, should chafe too strongly against rules designed to ensure that the line between lawyers and others trading on their own account does not become blurred» (para. 88).

PETA's lawyer said a hearing held in the case this week was a «historic day» as it was the «the first time a court considered the question of whether animals can be enslaved,» U-T San Diego reports (via How Appealing).

Further, lawyers are questioning whether Groupon's platform is professional enough for advertising legal services.

McClanahan Myers Espey lawyer Mike Myers says that it's becoming common for employers to obtain consent for these corporate and bank - owned life insurance (COLI / BOLI) policies, but that he questions whether it's informed consent, and whether the employees know a crucial fact about the policy: how much it's worth.

Does David's comment immediately above this comment may answer the question I posed in my earlier column, whether the Rules governing lawyers should require competence in the use of technology.

He writes, «Clearing up a question that existed primarily in the hopes of management side employment lawyers practicing in the 5th Circuit, the court yesterday acknowledges that it has sent mixed messages about the correct standard to judge whether sexual harassment is actionable — is it «severe and pervasive» or is it «severe or pervasive.»

A question much debated by others who have posted comments at the ABA Journal site and elsewhere is whether Ellen and her oft - mentioned boyfriend are real people and actual lawyers.

In A v A [2006] EWHC 2900 (Fam), [2007] All ER (D) 41 (Jan) Baron J raised the question of whether it may be inappropriate for legal advisers to act again for a party where an agreement is subsequently challenged; and in this I v I Charles J questions whether the wife's lawyers should have acted for her in this case because of a possible conflict.

A few months ago I questioned whether there was any worth in a lawyer paying for an enhanced profile on legal lists.

Many of my lawyer colleagues have wondered whether there's any value to Twitter, a type of online text message platform where users respond to the single question «What are you doing now?»

Neither lawyer had had any disciplinary history, the case involved legal issues that were unsettled before the 2014 decision, and the question of whether the petition sought relief adverse to class members was «fairly debatable,» he said.

Politicos want to know whether the «secret video» of Mitt Romney speaking at a private fundraising event will hurt his chances in the upcoming presidential election, but some lawyers are pondering a different question: Did the person who made the tape violate state law?

Lawyers can publish links to their personal website in order to articles they've printed (whether on other sites or on Avvo), plus they can answer legal questions published by prospects.