Sentences with phrase «rising numbers of law»

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While women continue to be the primary caregivers of families — caring for children, the elderly and, in the case of illness, for in - laws and spouses — the number of men in caregiving roles is also on the rise.

However analyses by law firm Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) and Fitch Ratings show that a number of other changes to the tax code will also have significant effects upon the returns from renewable energy projects, the financing of these projects and the value of tax credits.

While U.S. shale production is indeed rising and affecting investor sentiment, King says the «law of diminishing returns» will rule the day as the number of prospects that work at today's prices declines.

In response to these pressures, the number of wild animal species is dropping, but the Fish and Wildlife Service's annual budget for killing and poisoning rises inversely in magnificent adherence to Parkinson's Law.

The re-introduction of Liberal Democrat David Laws will be a point of contention, especially if it sees the number of Lib Dem secretaries of state rise from their allotted five.

With rising numbers of cases, and no criminal laws that directly make selling these packets of synthetic pot illegal, Fowler went to Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick.

As such, the number of foreclosures tied to delinquent tax payments is rising, according to the National Consumer Law Center.

When the law goes into effect in 2020, plastic items will still be allowed if they're comprised of at least 50 % biodegradable material; by 2025, that number will rise to 60 %.

Moore's Law says that the number of transistors that can fit on a chip doubles every two years, resulting in the exponential rise in computing power we have seen over the last few decades.

However, as things got better and the Government scrapped laws governing interracial relationships, people from various racial backgrounds began to connect, which marked a rise in the number of interracial marriages too.

For almost the first time since the passage in 1975 of a landmark federal law entitling all disabled children to an education, educators and lawmakers in a number of states are looking for ways to control rising special - education costs.

The report, conducted by the Center on Education Policy, a Washington - based research organization that tracks implementation of the federal law, found that schools and districts are better aligning instruction and state standards, that test scores are rising, and that the number of schools labeled «in need of improvement» is holding steady.

As the «adequate yearly progress» aspect of the law results in increasingly heightened performance expectations, this number will probably rise, too, even though many schools will «graduate» off the list due to improving (or at least fluctuating) test scores.

The head of the schools inspectorate recently published her annual report, which warned a rising number of conservative religious schools were undermining equality laws.

Under the law, the number of university - authorized schools could have risen to 300 — up from the 150 previously allowed.

Bruce Bradley, director of curriculum and instruction in the North Royalton schools, says the number of students retained each year will obviously rise under the new law.

Mexico City is expecting tourist arrival numbers to rise by a third next year on the back of free public viewing of 2010 World Cup games, a new law allowing same - sex marriages, as well as the recovery from the swine flu pandemic.

For instance, under the law, consumer cards» interest rates can rise only in a set number of situations — if you've missed two consecutive payments, or the Federal Reserve raises its key lending rate.

Just like the distributions under Boltzman's laws, the number of detectable states will increase (increased variability) and states characterstic of higher temperature will take an increasing share of the distribution as the temperature rises.

The Harvard Business Review found a rising number of female law school graduates has led law firms to recruit an average of 60 % women.

found a rising number of female law school graduates has led law firms to recruit an average of 60 % women.

Though the rate of malpractice claims flowing from criminal cases is lower than in other areas of law, the number of claims in this area is on the rise of late, and for many of the same reasons we see in other areas.

The incidence of self - represented litigants has risen in lock - step with the rise in the number of barristers per capita (thanks to law schools no longer failing anyone and bloating up in size).

The number of law school courses offered in judicial opinion writing has increased, 1 along with the total number of elective courses in legal writing.2 The growth of judicial opinion writing courses, in particular, may be due to the rise in popularity of judicial externships.3 Several schools have added a classroom component to externships in response to rules of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) 4 and the American Bar Association (ABAlaw school courses offered in judicial opinion writing has increased, 1 along with the total number of elective courses in legal writing.2 The growth of judicial opinion writing courses, in particular, may be due to the rise in popularity of judicial externships.3 Several schools have added a classroom component to externships in response to rules of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) 4 and the American Bar Association (ABALaw Schools (AALS) 4 and the American Bar Association (ABA).5

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Over the years, the number of yearly hours lawyers in law firms are expected to bill clients has risen.

Law firm HBJ Gateley Wareing says the number of couples opting to settle out of court using collaborative law practices has risen by a third in the last yeLaw firm HBJ Gateley Wareing says the number of couples opting to settle out of court using collaborative law practices has risen by a third in the last yelaw practices has risen by a third in the last year.

First comes news from the ABA's Law School Admissions Council that the number of applications to U.S. law schools dropped in 2006 by 7.6 %, the second straight annual decrease on top of a sharp deceleration in 2004 in the longstanding trend of rising admissioLaw School Admissions Council that the number of applications to U.S. law schools dropped in 2006 by 7.6 %, the second straight annual decrease on top of a sharp deceleration in 2004 in the longstanding trend of rising admissiolaw schools dropped in 2006 by 7.6 %, the second straight annual decrease on top of a sharp deceleration in 2004 in the longstanding trend of rising admissions.

In part, that phenomenon is due to rising law school debt and a declining number of jobs.

As the number of firms announcing redundancy consultations this week continued to rise — with news of widespread cuts at Berwin Leighton Paisner — new research from Legal Week has found a surprising degree of business confidence among partners in UK law firms.

The prevalance of cyber attacks has now grown by more than 60 % in two years, according to PwC's 25th annual Law Firms Survey, with the number of top 100 firms experiencing an attack rising from 45 in 2013 - 14 to 62 in 2014 - 15, and 73 during the most recent financial year.

Indeed, we are already seeing a significant rise in the number of people looking to either change specialism or move away from law in its entirety.

With the rise of the number of law firms, people get a huge number of responses when they do a web search.

This case has given rise to a number of comments from lawyers, law - students and journalists, a selection of which can be found here:

Amid the noise and the hand wringing, the key change this year among the order of the law firms is that Latham & Watkins is now listed as number one — that is, Latham is now the largest firm in the United States by gross revenue — a remarkable rise to the top for a firm that only 20 years ago was seen primarily as a Los Angeles firm.

The firms fear the rising number of fixed - fee requests will hit their profitability and force them to make permanent adjustments in pricing practice, according to Thomson Reuters Legal annual research among finance directors at the top 100 UK law firms.

I don't have the current growth numbers, but anecdotally can say that the number of law blog submissions we receive continues to rise.

The number of law school applicants is rising and the number of jobs are staying even, if not shrinking.

The case gives rise to a number of interesting libel law questions and casts doubt on the appropriateness of a proposed new «public interest defence».

In the past six months, the number of Am Law 200 blogs has risen just 15 percent.

Quite a meteoric rise in the number of documents no doubt, but as nearly all of these documents are primary law, it cost CanLII $ 0 to ask for governments to produce new legislation and $ 0 to ask the courts to produce written judgments.

A number of prominent UK - based legal reporters have been nominated for the legal journalism award, including Catherine Baksi from the Law Society Gazette, Jon Holbrook, who has written some good pieces for Spiked, Ben Rigby, who writes for CDR, and Legal Futures» Neil Rose.

The average number of new tax cases sent to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has risen by a fifth since the credit crunch, as more businesses and other taxpayers use the court to challenge the actions of national tax authorities, says Pinsent Masons, the international law firm.

The changes to medical malpractice law were precipitated by a rise in both the number of medical malpractice lawsuits in the Commonwealth and in the average payout to plaintiffs in these cases.

Figures recently released by CAFCASS show that the number of private law cases issued in the courts has risen year on year for the third month in a row.

Though the rate of malpractice claims flowing from criminal cases is lower than in other areas of law, the number of claims in this area is on the rise, and for many of the same reasons we see in other areas.

But after all these years, women who rise to the top of law firms remain the exception rather than the rule, and the number of women partners and leaders remains woefully small: nationwide, women still represent only 16 % of equity partners, 6 % of top leadership positions, and less than 1 % of the most highly compensated partners.

The number of self - represented family law litigants going through the court system has risen sharply in the past decade.

Following the merger, Druces» will rank as a top 15 UK law firm for the number of AIM listed clients alongside BLP and Norton Rose Fulbright, according to the most recent Corporate Advisers Rankings Guide.

As crime rates and criminal laws spiral upwards, the number of people sentenced to prison has risen nearly threefold over the past 30 years.