And one more quick note about all that before moving on, because that was a whole lot of all that and I can't quite open the door on all of that without addresses the very
real issue of cost.
Not exact matches
Examples
of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact
of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels
of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility
of fuel prices, declines in the securities and
real estate markets, and perceptions
of these conditions that decrease the level
of disposable income
of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security
of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts
of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased
costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread
of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating
costs; any impairment
of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount
of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion
of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability
of our creditors to accelerate the repayment
of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss
of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price
of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times
of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation
issues; the continued availability
of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
You would think that someone who had any rationality to them at all would be focusing on
real issues, such as stripping away
of our civil liberties, or the ongoing wars that actually
cost this country billions
of dollars and hundreds
of lives, or the trillions
of dollars in our deficit.
Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition
of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release
of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state
of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any
real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really wa
real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid
of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy
of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid
of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid
of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction
of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return
of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort
of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative
of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition
of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle
of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any
of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind
of ruthless haggling has
cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack
of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in
Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really wa
Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result
of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest
of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands
of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none
of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club
of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid
of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field
of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version
of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history
of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet
of Wenger... this
issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival
of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone
of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players
of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that
of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part
of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet
of those who were well aware all along
of the potential pitfalls
of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...
Not because I don't want to believe that such «miracles» can happen, but because I've spent enough time immersed in this
issue in my own district to know that there are many
real world obstacles — notably labor
costs, the lack
of facilities and the
cost of buying and storing fresh food — which make such miracles very hard to replicate in many school districts in America.
Many schools face very
real logistical
issues such as overcrowding, inadequate facilities and the labor
costs of adequately staffing a lunch room so more kids can eat in the lunchroom at a given time.
He said negotiations failed around three major
issues, including raising the age
of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, a potential
cost shift from public schools to charter schools and a
real estate tax abatement program in New York City.
ENDS Notes to Editors UK Alcohol duty context For a short video summary
of the
issues around alcohol pricing, please visit: https://vimeo.com/191959217 Following heavy lobbying from the alcohol industry, the last four Budgets have seen
real terms cuts in alcohol duty Alcohol is 60 % more affordable than it was in 1980 — the alcohol duty escalator, introduced in 2008, which ensured that duty rose above inflation, helped mitigate this trend, but this progress has reversed since the duty escalator was scrapped in 2013 In
real terms, spirits duty has halved, and wine duty fallen by a quarter since 1978 - 9 The Government estimates suggest that the duty cuts since 2013 will
cost the Exchequer # 2.9 billion over four years The University
of Sheffield estimated that an additional 6,500 people would be hospitalised each year as a result
of the alcohol duty cuts in 2015 The report The report was peer reviewed by academic experts the fields
of economics, public health and public policy prior to publication.
More than a quarter
of real property value across the state is exempt from county and local property taxes, totaling $ 680 billion — a
cost that carries a burden for municipalities, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found in a report
issued today.
If the magnitude
of costly tolls is perceived to be a problem in 2014, the
issue will only grow larger because the
real, price - deflated
cost of using the new bridge will surely increase.
Consequently, we get cosmetic reforms that never address the
real issues that double the
cost of health care.
Regional planners need to decide
issues like whether they value coastal
real estate above all else or the integrity
of the environment, or whether they are willing to pay the
costs up front or over time.
(a
real world
issue b / c
of insurance and
cost limitations)
While the eLearning industry is experiencing rapid evolution and organizations have seen massive
cost and time saving through it, there are still
issues like learner boredom, lack
of interactions, lack
of relevance, and inadequate
real - world problem solving.
But a careful assessment
of the
issues before you take any action can help to keep
costs down while making a
real difference.
This number climbs even higher when you include the
cost of fuel theft — a very
real issue that can be difficult to track.
But it's a
real «if you build it, they will come» strategy, because although Amazon has announced that it «reached an agreement» with the three publishers who account for 60 %
of textbooks sold — Pearson, Cengage Learning and Wiley (but not Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)-- we haven't seen any actual textbooks distributed to Kindles yet and, more upsettingly, we have no idea how much they will
cost or what weird rights
issues may be involved in their «sale.»
The company offers publishers self - service upload
of digital content, instant availability
of content to subscribers, compatibility across multiple platforms at no additional
cost, the ability to embed multimedia content,
real time sales tracking, custom search key words for each magazine, control over pricing and subscriptions, and the ability to sell past
issues.
«If you plan to sell or pass down
real estate to the next generation you may be subject to a host
of tax and estate planning
issues that could not only
cost you or your heirs a lot
of cash, but could even force the sale
of the property,» warns Golombek.
«This gives consumers more power when working with a
real estate professional by allowing home sellers and buyers to negotiate a combination
of fees and commissions, tailoring the
cost to the services they want,» reads a government -
issued backgrounder.
In an ever - evolving fiduciary landscape, the tool aims to identify in
real time
issues that may put plan advisers at risk, such as the availability
of lower -
cost share classes.
Damodaran's thesis is that transaction
costs — broadly defined to include brokerage commissions, spread and the «price impact»
of trading (which I believe is an important
issue for some strategies)-- foil in the
real world investment strategies that beat the market in back - tests.
But I don't think that this way
of looking at dollar -
cost averaging gets to the
real issue — namely, whether it's an effective technique for managing risk.
The other
real issue with treatment is the
cost of medications, with the average heartworm treatment usually
costing over 1,000 dollars when it is all said and done.
The recent proposal to increase the number
of low
cost spay / neuter clinics is admirable, but it doesn't get to the heart
of the matter.The number
of unwanted cats and dogs is the
real problem.The
issue of breeding animals has two sides.
The
real issue Sony has is that they make cool tech, but it
costs a lot
of money to develop the best game experiences.
Then he talked about «square meters, transfer fees, and micro-financing for smaller galleries,» and concluded that the «
real issue is cashflow because galleries that have a lot
of successful artists often have the problem that they are funding a lot
of museum and biennial shows and production
costs.»
The emphasis on questionable dollar -
cost estimates distracts from the
real issue of global warming's impact on us.
To keep up the illusion that growth is making us richer we deferred
costs by
issuing financial assets almost without limit, conveniently forgetting that these so ‐ called assets are, for society as a whole, debts to be paid back out
of future
real growth.
Over the years, the more I learned, the more sceptical I became, I don't believe at this stage that the massive economic
costs incurred by proposed anti-AGW policies can be justified, and that if it is proven to be a serious
issue, then dealing with it is better deferred until economic growth and potential technological breakthroughs would make the
cost more feasible, if and only if it had been demonstrated that (a) AGW were
real; (b) the
costs of inaction were enormous; and (c) the
costs of action would bring commensurate benefits, e.g. would stop or long defer dangerous warming.
Gasoline indirect
cost calculated based on International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA), The Real Price of Gasoline, Report No. 3 (Washington, DC: 1998), p. 34, and updated using ICTA, Gasoline Cost Externalities Associated with Global Climate Change: An Update to CTA's Real Price of Gasoline Report (Washington, DC: September 2004), ICTA, Gasoline Cost Externalities: Security and Protection Services: An Update to CTA's Real Price of Gasoline Report (Washington, DC: January 2005), Terry Tamminen, Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2006), p. 60, and Bureau for Economic Analysis, «Table 3 — Price Indices for Gross Domestic Product and Gross Domestic Purchases,» GDP and Other Major Series, 1929 — 2007 (Washington, DC: August 2007); U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), This Week in Petroleum (Washington, DC: various issu
cost calculated based on International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA), The
Real Price
of Gasoline, Report No. 3 (Washington, DC: 1998), p. 34, and updated using ICTA, Gasoline
Cost Externalities Associated with Global Climate Change: An Update to CTA's Real Price of Gasoline Report (Washington, DC: September 2004), ICTA, Gasoline Cost Externalities: Security and Protection Services: An Update to CTA's Real Price of Gasoline Report (Washington, DC: January 2005), Terry Tamminen, Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2006), p. 60, and Bureau for Economic Analysis, «Table 3 — Price Indices for Gross Domestic Product and Gross Domestic Purchases,» GDP and Other Major Series, 1929 — 2007 (Washington, DC: August 2007); U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), This Week in Petroleum (Washington, DC: various issu
Cost Externalities Associated with Global Climate Change: An Update to CTA's
Real Price
of Gasoline Report (Washington, DC: September 2004), ICTA, Gasoline
Cost Externalities: Security and Protection Services: An Update to CTA's Real Price of Gasoline Report (Washington, DC: January 2005), Terry Tamminen, Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2006), p. 60, and Bureau for Economic Analysis, «Table 3 — Price Indices for Gross Domestic Product and Gross Domestic Purchases,» GDP and Other Major Series, 1929 — 2007 (Washington, DC: August 2007); U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), This Week in Petroleum (Washington, DC: various issu
Cost Externalities: Security and Protection Services: An Update to CTA's
Real Price
of Gasoline Report (Washington, DC: January 2005), Terry Tamminen, Lives Per Gallon: The True
Cost of Our Oil Addiction (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2006), p. 60, and Bureau for Economic Analysis, «Table 3 — Price Indices for Gross Domestic Product and Gross Domestic Purchases,» GDP and Other Major Series, 1929 — 2007 (Washington, DC: August 2007); U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), This Week in Petroleum (Washington, DC: various issu
Cost of Our Oil Addiction (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2006), p. 60, and Bureau for Economic Analysis, «Table 3 — Price Indices for Gross Domestic Product and Gross Domestic Purchases,» GDP and Other Major Series, 1929 — 2007 (Washington, DC: August 2007); U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), This Week in Petroleum (Washington, DC: various
issues).
I only found out about Ecotricity today, and am shocked (though I shouldn't be) that what's happening here clearly demonstrates that «global warming» can't be the
real issue, or corporations like EDF would realise that what they are doing ultimately (when actual
costs are counted), is increasing their carbon footprint (just think
of all the people, documents, transportation that are needed over the course
of a court - case).
The
real issue there is
cost to implement new commercial CNG fueling stations and the extra
cost of having both CNG and Battery tech in the same vehicle.
Now a study shows that grid connection
issues and high - wind problems mean that China's wind capacity is lower than developers anticipated and the
real cost of wind power is as much as twice the expected
cost.
If you've been looking for an opportunity to build a green business that reuses and repurposes existing resources, that has the potential to help solve a very
real issue for many people (high housing
costs), and that capitalizes on the popularity
of tiny houses, you may want to jump on this offer.
The Americans have made quite a mess
of their legal system -LRB-(1) far too many lawyers per capita, (2) far too much useless and immeasurably costly and roiling litigation, and (3) allowing the «dysfunctional» and «invidious» title insurance industry to rip away, through grossly unfair business practices, most
of the conveyancing work from the
real estate bar to the great
cost of the public and great harm to the title system), but on the
issue of rejecting ABS, they have got it right.
When are we going to stop wasting time and oxygen on ABS and knuckle down and deal with the access to justice problem that dwarfs all other
real and trumped up A2J
issues combined — the ruinous time and
cost of litigation?
The
real issue, the
issue that ABS supporters and others do not seem to want to deal with, is how do we make the
cost of accessing barristers affordable?
[13] The
real issue, instead, is who should hear an application for
costs, following a mistrial, when the dominant focus
of that
cost application is an order for special
costs against counsel for the party that caused the mistrial.
Transparency,
real time status on matters,
real time
cost tracking, early
issue escalation — all equate to the nirvana
of no surprises!»
While the storage
of data appears to be
costing less and less, the
real issue is whether or not it is safe to hold on to unwanted and unneeded information.
To be candid, if the
real and potential benefits
of providing legal advice include speed
of service and reduced
cost respectively, to achieve a positive outcome, which has ultimately come about via the use
of sophisticated IT / AI at some point during the legal service / problem continuum, and as a legal buyer my main concern is the right result, quality, value for money and / or price (which remains the
issue in many instances), and I know lawyers and law firms can now do the work quicker, smarter and more accurately using AI and cognitive computing technology, can I therefore expect my legal fees to be reduced?
As opposed to «allowing» the use
of retired lawyers where one party could be incurring substantial
costs while the other incurs none - therefore having no
real «incentive» to resolve the
issue as it then just becomes about their time.
The PM came prepared with a carefully - worded answer on this
issue, but she knows it will not go away, and that she faces a
real dilemma, because the electoral
cost of failure on this
issue could be a reverse
of those vital Tory gains in Scotland.
Another major, practical,
issue relates to the
costs and uncertainties when undertaking a pilot in the
real world, even more so in the context
of a developing economy.
The
issue comes when comparing what's on offer to the
cost — when you add up all the things you need to make the iPad Pro a
real laptop competitor — the Smart Keyboard, Apple Pencil and the iPad itself — you're looking at a hefty chuck
of change that's verging on MacBook territory.
Complex cases with several special
issues, such as multiple pieces
of real estate, businesses, retirement and pension transfers, lump sum or periodic alimony, extensive debt, tax liability, college or special need expenses, as well as others, may
cost more.
In our view, resources should be applied to the ILUA negotiation process because
of the very
real prospect
of greatly reducing the long - term
cost of resolving native title
issues.
«We've found over the last couple
of years the
cost of the hardware is not as much an
issue as it once was for
real estate professionals,» Kirvan reports.
Ownership
costs will become a
real issue The
costs of property ownership will begin to be felt in 2017.