In circumstances where a potentially litigious dispute arises from a real estate or corporate transaction (or other non-litigation matter), clients will occasionally refuse to
retain litigation counsel despite being urged to do so by their non-litigator counsel.
Not exact matches
The plaintiffs» motion states that in June 14 and 15 conference calls,
counsel for the three sets of plaintiffs stated that they supported coordination or consolidation, «subject to the parties» agreement that these three cases will
retain their separate identities, allowing each set of plaintiffs to file separate briefs, make separate oral arguments, and independently make other
litigation decisions.»
Kasowitz Benson will remain as
litigation counsel and Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has also been
retained, but for an unspecified role.
Trial
counsel may also
retain us early in the
litigation process, to help position the case for ultimate success on appeal.
If you are financially disadvantaged and do not have funds to engage in
litigation or even
retain counsel to handle your matter or to uncover hidden assets and obtain information concerning the marital assets, you will be severely disadvantaged.
Among other things, outside
counsel can
retain experts and shield portions of the investigation from discovery in
litigation because of the attorney - client privilege or the work - product doctrine.
Children require a
Litigation Guardian to be appointed to
retain and instruct
counsel on their behalf, whose role it is to ensure that the incapable party is represented by an independent and competent person.
Here, the individual at the Company tasked with
retaining outside
counsel and managing the claim should prepare the file and a memorandum with a factual analysis of the claim in order to ease the process of onboarding
litigation counsel.
Every law department that does not charge back the fees and expenses of outside
counsel retained to defend the company in
litigation could consider this innovative technique.
Joseph Griffiths, a civil litigator and
counsel to our Ottawa office, is routinely
retained by corporations, non-profits, individuals and government to represent their interests in simple and complex
litigation.
The firm has been
retained in mass tort, class action, multi-district and market share
litigation to defend and manage matters as national or regional trial
counsel.
These factors have persuaded numerous companies to
retain us as lead or coordinating
counsel for their most complex product liability and mass tort
litigations.
Counsel are now being
retained to provide independent legal advice on the acquisition of ATE insurance and / or whether a court will accept it as part of the
litigation including for security for costs.
Ferrara sued the defendant solicitor within two years of this decision, but more than two years from the date that the statement of adjustments was challenged, and from when
litigation counsel was
retained.
Many of our clients consistently have
retained us for well over a decade, trusting our Firm for
counsel and advice on a variety of complex
litigation matters.
When a company decides to
retain outside
counsel, it usually does so with a specific purpose in mind — to win a piece of
litigation, negotiate a lease on favorable terms, assist the company in avoiding criminal prosecution in connection with a governmental investigation, file applications to protect the intellectual property of the company, or to handle some other specific legal issue.
The parties each
retain separate
counsel as in
litigation to provide legal advice before and after the mediation sessions.
My intention on
retaining the investigator was to use the results of the investigation to hopefully assist with the defence of the claim and to assist
counsel to prepare for
litigation not yet commenced but reasonably anticipated.
Our Outside
Counsel Guidelines Review is a limited engagement service that centers around three documents commonly issued by legal organizations that
retain legal vendors: Outside
Counsel Guidelines, Billing Requirements and
Litigation Management Guidelines.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo has been
retained by QMC as general
litigation and regulatory special
counsel to the debtor.
When a client is incapable of instructing
counsel ab initio or when the client is a minor, it is most often a family member who
retains the lawyer on behalf of the injured plaintiff, and is later named in the action as
litigation guardian on behalf of that plaintiff.
If a
litigation finance contract can not be structured to fall outside the scope of the definition of an «investment contract,» the parties should
retain securities
counsel to ensure that the transaction is exempt from registration and that the parties» disclosures are complete and accurate.
As the law adjusts to emerging issues, it is more critical than ever that policyholders
retain knowledgeable, skilled
counsel, capable of understanding new and evolving insurance products, to resolve coverage disputes, maximize recoveries and avoid unnecessary
litigation.
[244] In such circumstances,
counsel and the party who permit the line between treating physicians and physicians
retained to advise
counsel to become blurred must accept some risk that the protection ordinarily afforded by
litigation privilege might be lost.
As instant messaging gains widespread use at many companies — 53 % of in - house
counsel said employees use IM, while the rate among billion - dollar firms was 70 % — businesses have the added burden of capturing and
retaining those running online conversations in the event they are needed in a
litigation hold instruction.
In - house groups
retain outside
counsel to help maintain patent assets, but unlike other matters in a legal department that receive direct oversight, such as
litigation, with patents there are thousands of things in the pipeline without direct supervision by in - house lawyers.
It is noteworthy that, during a discussion of
litigation issues with journalists, General Sessions rejected the concept of
retaining outside
counsel who are paid on a contingent basis.
In this process, each party
retained attorneys who acted solely as settlement
counsel and were barred from engaging in destructive
litigation.
The clients
retain counsel who is disqualified if either party should proceed to
litigation.
This formal agreement aligns the attorneys» goals with the clients» goals; the lawyers must withdraw if the parties are unable to reach an agreement, and the parties then may
retain new
litigation counsel.
If
litigation is commenced during the collaborative process by one of the participants, all attorneys and experts are relieved of representation and the parties need to
retain new
counsel for the
litigation process.
If the process breaks down and either person seeks court intervention, the Collaborative lawyers must withdraw and new
counsel must be
retained to conduct the
litigation.
If the client does nonetheless file in court, the attorney must withdraw, and the client must
retain new
litigation counsel.