Sentences with phrase «requiring legal opinion»

It would be too complex, too hard for you to do accurately, and too subject to interpretations requiring legal opinion.

Re: lawyers practising in association with non-lawyers: - Absolutely necessary because: (1) technology will be the basis of almost all laws, therefore we will have to practice with other experts in that technology; (2) records management law will be a major area of practice because, records are the most frequently used form of evidence and e-records depend for everything on their e-records management systems (ERMSs), and they must be compliant with the National Standards of Canada for e-records management, which standards require legal opinions, and every significant change to an ERMS requires a legal opinion re ability to produce records able to satisfy laws as to e-discovery, admissibility of evidence, privacy & access to information, electronic commerce, tax laws, and compliance with National Standards of Canada for e-records management; (3) all new technologies require a legal framework, which means more work for lawyers; and, (4) otherwise, other professions and service providers who now provide «legal information,» will begin to provide «legal advice» and other services that only lawyers should be providing.

Outsourcing repeatable tasks that don't require legal opinions, such as billing, e-discovery, document tracking and filing, medical and legal research, secretarial services, and negotiation support, will drastically cut these firms» costs.

Not exact matches

According to a legal opinion letter released in the New York litigation, gambling in California requires a «bet or wager.»

According to a legal opinion letter released in the New York litigation, gambling in Michigan requires a «bet or wager.»

According to a legal opinion letter released in the New York litigation, gambling in New Jersey requires a «bet or wager.»

Delivering a legal opinion requires a certain level of work by company counsel, which increases legal fees.

Indeed, the Texas attorney general handed down a legal opinion last summer stating that state law required him to prosecute clergy and church workers who failed to report suspicion of child abuse or neglect.

Free inquiry requires that we tolerate diversity of opinion and that we respect the right of individuals to express their beliefs, however unpopular they may be, without social or legal prohibition or fear of sanctions.

IBFAN's legal advisor, Graham Ross, gave the following opinion: «Even if the manufacturers have indeed followed «highest standards», product liability laws still require clear warnings, especially in connection with products, such as formula, over which consumers can be expected to be highly concerned at all levels of risk.»

In the UK, the MOT certificate may list items that «require attention, in the opinion of the inspector» (e.g. tires close to the legal wear limit) even though the car actually passed the test.

The General Attorney occupation covers professional legal positions involved in preparing cases for trial and / or the trial of cases before a court or an administrative body or persons having quasi-judicial power; rendering legal advice and services with respect to questions, regulations, practices, or other matters falling within the purview of a Federal Government agency (this may include conducting investigations to obtain evidentiary data); preparing interpretative and administrative orders, rules, or regulations to give effect to the provisions of governing statutes or other requirements of law; drafting, negotiating, or examining contracts or other legal documents required by the agency's activities; drafting, preparing formal comments, or otherwise making substantive recommendations with respect to proposed legislation; editing and preparing for publication statutes enacted by Congress, opinions or discussions of a court, commission, or board; drafting and reviewing decisions for consideration and adoption by agency officials.

It's one thing to offer an opinion, but to publish remarks to an audience of a business» potential and present clients, offering unsupported statements as proven facts, may border on supporting an action for the tort of libel... and the MarkCoker post below should qualify as the cease - and - desist letter required before bringing such legal action.

Ex legal: Designation at time of trade that is required for municipal securities to be considered good delivery if certificates are delivered without legal opinions or other documents legally required to accompany the certificates.

I would have liked a section showing how taskforce members vaccinate their own dogs, just as the Supreme Court publishes» dissenting opinions,» although this might have presented legal problems and required endless caveats.

The opinions of my colleagues suggest that these findings do not translate into how we handle initial consultations and independent legal advice on settlements, and this is where I think change is urgently required.

Notwithstanding this lack of statutory obligation, in our opinion it is not inconsistent with the Code for the Law Society to be proactive and require certain legal workplaces to do so.

See these articles (pdf): (1) «Admissibility of Electronic Records Requires Proof of Records Management System Integrity»; (2) «The Sedona Canada Principles are Very Inadequate on Records Management and for Electronic Discovery»; (3) «A Legal Opinion is Necessary for Electronic Records Management Systems»; (4) «Electronic Records as Evidence»; and, (5) «Solving the High Cost of the «Review» Stage of Electronic Discovery».

See Brugger, supra n. 141, at 647 (stating that while Tucker's moot court was «no innovation in legal training,» Tucker enjoyed using it); Butler, supra n. 143, at 29 (stating that «with the higher view of preparing students for speaking and writing on legal subjects, it will be useful to exercise their minds by forensic debates in moot courts, and by requiring from them written opinions on questions of law, and readings and dissertations on statutes and other themes, as circumstances permit»); Laub, supra n. 144, at 14 (quoting Reed's letter to the Dickinson College Trustees on a course of study); Barrow, supra n. 148, at 289.

A recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union found that the Dutch immigration authorities were not required to give a person access to a legal opinion about the person's immigration status, though the opinion contained personal information about the person.

Particularly relevant are (besides others) whether: it is proportionate to have separate experts in the light of the amount in dispute, as well as importance to the parties and complexity; there is likely to be a range of opinion; a party has already instructed an expert and whether this was in compliance with a PD or protocol; questions may not conclusively deal with all the issues which will require testing; and whether a conference may be required with the legal representatives, experts and other witnesses which may make instruction of a single joint expert impractical.

His opinion was that Nadon's appointment was legal because he had been a member of the Quebec bar for 10 years in the past — current membership was not required.

Standard forms make sense only for situations that are highly repetitive, such as consumer transactions, or that require a high degree of consistency, such as legal opinions, which are controlled by firm policies.

As Tony Mauro explains at Legal Times, Justice Antonin Scalia's majority opinion did not repeal the knock - and - announce rule, but «said the traditional remedy for police violation of the rule — namely, barring the use at trial of the evidence found — is no longer required.»

«This is particularly true given that law professors are frequently asked to express an opinion on legal issues that unexpectedly arise and that require an urgent response.

«My educated guess is that a professional blog that offers purely technical legal analysis, without requiring the reader to wade through political opinions, wine reviews, and so on, will be more effective in reaching this target audience.

Providing strategic legal support to a startup in its early stages is, in my opinion, qualitatively different than backing a late - stage startup or a mature organization in that it requires a significantly diverse mindset (e.g. acceptance of ambiguity and risk, perseverance, and curiosity) and service model (e.g. acute understanding of the business, anticipation of needs, and alignment of legal work with what is likely to be a dynamic investment thesis).

Formal Opinion 477, issued in May, requires lawyers to make a reasonable effort to secure client communication — or be in breach of legal ethics.

These might be issues related to contractual disputes, statutory interpretations, providing secondary opinions, and any legal area which requires specialized knowledge.

First, it Summary E-memo assignments rely on the same underlying research sources as the larger assignment — which, in the first - year curriculum, means predominantly judicial opinions.39 Second, because the Summary E-memo involves the same legal issues as the larger assignment, the type of legal reasoning involved mirrors the type of legal reasoning required for the larger writing project.

This provides clients with single point of contact for all cross-provincial work required in Atlantic Canada and single, all - inclusive Atlantic Canadian legal opinions for transactional work.

When patients make claims of negligence the process of discovering whether negligence occurred requires investigating medical records, interviewing the involved parties (through sworn depositions), finding experts, sorting out conflicts between the opinions of experts, reinvestigating the records and testimony as new insights are uncovered and then reaching some kind of consensus, if possible, about what actually occurred and whether those facts meet the definition of legal negligence.

'' Tracking time and billing from Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs Rees Morrison at Law Department Management reports that the NYC Law Department has started (over significant dissent) requiring its 650 attorneys to keep track of their time.

Our research is conducted annually, providing a detailed qualitative assessment of various factors including work conducted by law firms over the past 12 months and historically; experience and depth of teams; specialisms and ancillary services; and, importantly, opinions of law firms» clients — each year, The Legal 500 series contacts over 300,000 clients globally to obtain feedback on which law firms meet the criteria required by today's in - house counsel and business leaders, wherever in the world their work takes them.

Moreover, doctrinal entrenchment is particularly problematic in the FISA courts, where secrecy and institutional context indicate that outside efforts at doctrinal reform are less likely to be effective than they are with courts that publish their opinions.35 Unlike published opinions, secret opinions can not provoke the public into lobbying for a legislative override36 or judicial overruling37 — two important paths of legal reform.38 Perhaps to hedge against the risks of limited external oversight, FISA limits FISC and Court of Review judges to non-renewable, seven - year terms, 39 a provision suggesting that Congress envisioned a FISA court whose membership would be responsive to shifting factual circumstances and policy priorities.40 Stare decisis, which requires judges to adhere to interpretations of law that they might otherwise reject as unjust or unpersuasive, constrains these judges» ability to adapt to such factual and policy shifts.

Moreover, this could also be an appropriate test case for the Supreme Court to clarify that the principles set out in National Bank of Canada v. RCIU (the case cited by the hyperbolic Bruce Pardy) do not apply to lawyers, either in their personal or professional capacities, and that Lavigne and Green together stand for the principle that not only is there no right «not to associate» in Canadian law, there is also no right «not to speak» when it comes to lawyers, contrary to the misapprehension of those who are shocked and amazed that the Law Society can require them to adopt a «Statement of Principles» that will, as the supporting legal opinion points out, make their «generic human rights obligations» more «personal... tangible... and readily accessible.»

See; (1) «Admissibility of Electronic Records Requires Proof of Records Management System Integrity»; (2) «Electronic Records as Evidence»; (3) «The Admissibility of Electronic Business Records,» (2010), 8 Canadian Journal of Law and Technology 105; and, (4) «A Legal Opinion is Necessary for Electronic Records Management Systems.»

That means expressing opinions on legal issues that unexpectedly arise and that require an urgent response.

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However, it is my legal opinion that state laws do not permit providers to delegate to medical assistants any tasks that require the exercising of independent judgment, or the making of clinical assessments, evaluations, or interpretations.

On 9 December 2000 the Senate referred to the PJC for inquiry and report; (a) whether the finding of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) that the Native Title Amendment Act 1998 is consistent with Australia's international legal obligations, in particular, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, is sustainable on the weight of informed opinion; (b) what the amendments are required to the Act, and what processes of consultation must be followed in effecting those amendments, to ensure that Australia's international obligations are complied with; and (c) whether dialogue with the CERD on the Act would assist in establishing a better informed basis for amendment to the Act.

In my respectful opinion, to require the plaintiffs to pay the entire costs simply adds needless injustice to the Aboriginal claimants and compounds the legal error of the majority's conclusion in this case.

8 On 9 December 1999 the Senate referred to the PJC for inquiry and report; (a) whether the finding of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) that the Native Title Amendment Act 1998 is consistent with Australia's international legal obligations, in particular, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, is sustainable on the weight of the informed opinion, (b) what amendments are required to the Act, and what processes of consultation must be followed in effecting those amendments, to ensure that Australia's international obligations are complied with; and (c) whether dialogue with the CERD on the Act would assist in establishing a better informed basis for amendment to the Act.

For example, licensees who are drafting complex sales documents (for example, in the sale of a business or in the sale of a condominium requiring extensive remediation work), giving advice to sellers or buyers as to how to structure a transaction, or expressing an opinion as to the sufficiency of the terms of a Contract of Purchase and Sale to the buyer or seller, may be giving legal advice, and therefore, practising law contrary to sections 1 (1) and 15 of the Legal Professionlegal advice, and therefore, practising law contrary to sections 1 (1) and 15 of the Legal ProfessionLegal Profession Act.