Sentences with phrase «reporting by other lawyers»

Not exact matches

The Portuguese striker made an official statement just days after reportedly informing lawyers to help lower the # 879 million exit clause in his contract, which could attract interest from other clubs, as reported by The Sun.

When the Boulder Daily Camera first reported on Boulder officials finally making the suit public, EID was quick to point out the lack of support for the Boulder - led effort, telling the Camera, «It's telling they were only able to get one other county in the state to go along with this scheme brought by D.C. trial lawyers.»

Last year, the Canadian Bar Association released its Futures report, which boldly proposed: «Lawyers should be allowed to practise in business structures that permit fee - sharing, multidisciplinary practice, and ownership, management, and investment by persons other than lawyers or other regulated legal professionals.Lawyers should be allowed to practise in business structures that permit fee - sharing, multidisciplinary practice, and ownership, management, and investment by persons other than lawyers or other regulated legal professionals.lawyers or other regulated legal professionals.»

Unlike some other professionals, all lawyers have unlimited licenses to practice law yet few, if any, have the competence to practice in all areas of the law» combined with report that the LSUC is reforming referral practices as discussed in the article by Michele Henry, Kenyon Wallace, «Lawyers need signed consent to refer out cases», thestar.com, April 27, 2017, would it not make sense to require that general practitioners be the first point of contact for any client to assess the client's needs and to determine whether those needs require the skills of a speclawyers have unlimited licenses to practice law yet few, if any, have the competence to practice in all areas of the law» combined with report that the LSUC is reforming referral practices as discussed in the article by Michele Henry, Kenyon Wallace, «Lawyers need signed consent to refer out cases», thestar.com, April 27, 2017, would it not make sense to require that general practitioners be the first point of contact for any client to assess the client's needs and to determine whether those needs require the skills of a specLawyers need signed consent to refer out cases», thestar.com, April 27, 2017, would it not make sense to require that general practitioners be the first point of contact for any client to assess the client's needs and to determine whether those needs require the skills of a specialist?

At the other end of the spectrum, at large firms of 500 or more lawyers, 31.4 percent report that Westlaw is the service they use most often, followed by Lexis at 22.1 percent.

As opposed to using lawyers» self - reported data as other analytical reports have relied upon, the Legal Trends Report from Clio uses aggregated and anonymized data from its own legal practice management platform, supplemented by large - scale research surveys.

As detailed in TheCityUK's July 2016 Market Report, the range of services offered by the UK legal market is uniquely diverse and although Brexit has already brought redundancy for some UK lawyers, it offers a fountain of opportunity to others.

Lawyers need to also take advantage of new tools which development in technology have brought about to work more effectively — lawyers now have access to tools that help make contract drafting and review quicker using artificial intelligence; tools that speed up research time by using electronic law reports, and there are even tools in other jurisdictions which attempt to use data to predict outcomes of court cases using predictive anaLawyers need to also take advantage of new tools which development in technology have brought about to work more effectively — lawyers now have access to tools that help make contract drafting and review quicker using artificial intelligence; tools that speed up research time by using electronic law reports, and there are even tools in other jurisdictions which attempt to use data to predict outcomes of court cases using predictive analawyers now have access to tools that help make contract drafting and review quicker using artificial intelligence; tools that speed up research time by using electronic law reports, and there are even tools in other jurisdictions which attempt to use data to predict outcomes of court cases using predictive analytics.

Noting that there is momentum toward moving some elements of the practice of law to other licensed professionals, the report also beautifully states that much of the work can, and should, be performed only by lawyers:

«Some participants believe that mandatory data collection is crucial to advancing diversity and inclusion, while others believe that mandatory collection could halt the progress that is already being made by firms and legal organizations in the area of equity and diversity,» says the report, written by a working group tackling challenges faced by minority lawyers.

Though two jurisdictions, New York and Connecticut, will allow claims by lawyers terminated in apparent retaliation for reporting a firm's (or its lawyers) ethics violations, at least two other jurisdictions do not.

While no lawyer was ever affected by the stringent reporting rules in the federal government's money - laundering legislation that some said would turn them into «agents of the state,» last month's unanimous ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada has literally set lawyers apart from other professionals on this front.

Extramarital affairs are up, prompting a huge rise in the use of private investigators by divorcing couples to confirm fears that their other half was cheating on them, family lawyers report.

In her groundbreaking 1993 report «Touchstones for Change», Canada's first female Supreme Court justice Bertha Wilson stressed the difficulties faced by women lawyers with children, urging the profession to measure a lawyer's performance by standards other than hours billed.

Other directory - style organizations cited by clients in the survey include Avvo, Best Lawyers / US News & World Report, Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, and Super Lawyers.

The Report's central conclusion is that, although traditional legal pedagogy is very effective in certain aspects, it overemphasizes legal theory and underemphasizes practical skills and professional development.5 By focusing on theory in the abstract setting of the classroom, the Report argues, traditional legal education undermines the ethical foundations of law students and fails to prepare them adequately for actual practice.6 Traditional legal education is effective in teaching students to «think like lawyers,» but needs significant improvement in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.By focusing on theory in the abstract setting of the classroom, the Report argues, traditional legal education undermines the ethical foundations of law students and fails to prepare them adequately for actual practice.6 Traditional legal education is effective in teaching students to «think like lawyers,» but needs significant improvement in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.10

Leigh McMullan Abramson writes about a report published by the UC Hastings College of Law that highlights new models such as secondments, law firm «accordion» (surge capacity) companies, and other innovative firms and companies that not only let talented lawyers do sophisticated work for competitive pay on different terms, but also add real value to the companies and firms that use them.

Update: At least one newspaper is reporting that Florida lawyers are incensed by the proposal to make the state reciprocal with other states.

The probable reason these reporters did not get back to me is because they mostly like to fly under the radar given the amount of times they have been attacked by parents, lawyers or other people because of their reports and opinions.

These expenses, which typically include Court Registry fees, administration costs, the cost of obtaining medical evidence or any other evidence necessary to advance your case, and the cost of experts» reports, are financed by your MacIsaac & Company lawyer, and to paid back to him or her at the conclusion of your claim.

For a case study examining how Model Rule 5.1 provides little incentive to lawyers to report or take action regarding ethical violations committed by other lawyers in a firm, see Thomas A. Kuczajda, «Self Regulation, Socialization, and the Role of Model Rule 5.1,» Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 12 (1998 - 1999): 119 - 149, http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/geojlege12&div=13&id=&page=.

Interestingly, The Lawyer recently reported on a study by career coach Edward Walker, which claims that lawyers are less well - suited to coping with uncertainty than other professionals.

As this story from the San Jose Mercury News and multiple others report, class action lawyer William Lerach, formerly a partner in the indicted class action law firm Milberg Weiss, struck a plea agreement to pay $ 7.75 million for his involvement in a class action kickback scheme by which Lerach made undisclosed payments to class action plaintiffs in exchange for signing them up for representation.

In other instances an affidavit from a lawyer or law clerk attaching medical reports has been utilized by the court.

On the other side of the country, a group of Washington immigration lawyers and technology companies worked together to build Airport Lawyer, a web app powered by Neota Logic for reporting new arrivals who need help.

Working as part of a global team of business development professionals, and reporting to Jones Day's Manager of Recognition & Awards, the Coordinator will support all aspects of creating, developing, and facilitating the completion of submissions to targeted lawyer directories (such as Chambers and Legal 500), as well as select lists, rankings, and awards published by varying news organizations and other publications deemed of value to the Firm.

Led by David Tobin, the firm's Applications Development Manager handling IT, financial reporting and litigation support among various other duties, the firm built a dashboarding solution now widely accessible via the firm intranet and used daily by lawyers.

We have the experience in providing Expert Opinions for courts in other jurisdictions, consulates in China, overseas organizations in the international civil cases, our lawyers were interviewed by Reuters, China Radio International (CRI), Outlook Weekly, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Evening Post and other world famous media on hot legal topics, were invited by European Union Member States (EUMS) to make special report on Chinese law for consular officers from nearly 20 European countries, make presentation at international conferences and provided legal training for newly practicing lawyers and made many professional speeches at legal conferences, such as International Private Law Conference, Civil Procedural Conference, Lawasia conference.

This is where having an experienced car accident lawyer can come in handy to help gather evidence like the police report, photos taken by police, statements by witnesses and other drivers, and the hiring of the right experts to prove what actually happened.

The Financial Post also mentions other key points made by our lawyers, reporting that our article «referred to gender diversity as a key area for corporations to address given recent «changes introduced by ISS» and plans for 2019 unveiled by Glass Lewis.»

Twenty - six percent (26 %) of racialized lawyers reported experiencing disrespectful remarks by judges and other lawyers occasionally, routinely or frequently, compared to 21 % of non-racialized lawyers.»

«In a 2004 report to the Law Society (the «Kay Report»), Professor Fiona Kay found that racialized lawyers are more likely than non-racialized lawyers to report experiencing disrespectful remarks by judges or other lareport to the Law Society (the «Kay Report»), Professor Fiona Kay found that racialized lawyers are more likely than non-racialized lawyers to report experiencing disrespectful remarks by judges or other laReport»), Professor Fiona Kay found that racialized lawyers are more likely than non-racialized lawyers to report experiencing disrespectful remarks by judges or other lareport experiencing disrespectful remarks by judges or other lawyers.

Instead of standing up for lawyers, the report authors» first recommendation is to embrace law firm «ownership, management, and investment by persons other than lawyers or other regulated legal professionals.»

wouldn't tell the public that the problem is not the Law Society's problem, as in effect it does; (15) LSUC's website wouldn't state that lay benchers «represent the public interest,» which is impossible now that we are well beyond the 19th century; (16) CanLII's services would be upgraded in kind and volume to be a true support service, able to have a substantial impact upon the problem, and several other developed support services, all provided at cost, would together, provide a complete solution; (17) LSUC's management would not be part - time management by amateurs - amateurs because benchers don't have the expertise to solve the problem, nor are they trying to get it, nor are they joining with Canada's other law societies to solve this national problem; (18) the Federation of Law Societies of Canada would not describe the problem as being one of mere «gaps in access to legal services» (see its Sept. 2012 text, «Inventory of Access to Legal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada» (1st paragraph), (19) LSUC would not be encouraging the use alternatives to lawyers, such as law students, self - help, and «unbundled, targeted» legal services, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authorities.

More than 60 other lawyers and real estate agents from all over North America have since reported to us that they were contacted by the purported Joji.

Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly reports decisions issued by all the state and federal courts in Rhode Island, as well as changes to court rules, verdict and settlement reports, disciplinary notices and all other news vital to attorneys in the state.

Otherwise, the issue of third - party provision of document review and other legal - like services has been so confused that in September 2015, a lawyer employed by a document review company, who spoke on condition of anonymity, self - reported to the LSO because the lawyer was concerned that the company was engaging in the unauthorized provision of legal services.

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly newspaper, founded in 1972, reports decisions issued by all the state and federal courts in Massachusetts, as well as changes to court rules, verdict & settlement reports, bar - discipline notices and all other news vital to attorneys in the commonwealth.

On top of this sub-optimal mix of lawyer ingredients, matters can be further complicated by different reporting lines, and competing time demands from other client (for example a large public sector deal may be the top priority for the commercial partner leading the deal, but just an annoyance to an employment associate who is pushing for partnership on the back of his retail sector employment expertise).

In October 2011, I blogged about a Virginia lawyer Horace Hunter's challenge to a disciplinary charge for failing to include a disclaimer on his blog stating that results in past cases handled by the firm (and reported on the blog) are unique to the facts and do not guarantee a similar outcome in other cases.

Appropriate action may include direct communication with the judge or lawyer, other direct action if available, reporting the conduct to the appropriate authorities, or, when the judge believes that a judge's or lawyer's conduct is caused by drugs, alcohol, or a medical condition, making a confidential referral to an assistance program.

Discrimination is an everyday reality for black and other visible minority lawyers that must be addressed, according to a new report by the body that regulates the profession in Ontario.

All information obtained by the Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers program, including the initial report and any subsequent information provided to the program thereafter, shall be confidential and shall not be admissible in any state bar disciplinary, admission, administrative or other state bar proceeding.

The Retention of Women in Private Practice: The Challenge is Intersectional While the CLA's report on the retention of women illustrates the various ways female lawyers are impacted by sexism, it is relatively silent on other forms of systemic discrimination female lawyers experience, particularly racism experienced by women of colour and Indigenous women.

A major review [1] of the laws related to legal capacity, decision - making and guardianship in Ontario was just wrapped up by the Law Commission of Ontario («LCO») and, thankfully, it is abundantly clear that the final 467 page report is based on hearing from people on the ground — patients, families, health professionals, lawyers, ethicists, advocates, and many others.

Addressing the issues raised by Angela Swan, Owen and many others may be the only way to ensure the future of the Ontario Reports as the primary vehicle by which Ontario lawyers communicate with one another.

Conflicts may be such that in - house counsel may be required to «report the conflict up,» withdraw from the matter, request that the matter be reviewed or handled by other lawyers in the department or by external counsel, and in some egregious cases, resign his or her position.

You can also read the other articles: Bond's earlier article raising critical questions for the NHMRC and this report on the keynote address by leading Maori constitutional lawyer Moana Jackson.

According to a report by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, for each job created in the high - tech sector, approximately 4.3 jobs are created (multiplier effect) in other local good and services sectors across all income groups, including lawyers, dentists, schoolteachers, cooks, and retail clerks, among many others.