Sentences with phrase «surprising number of firms»

«There's still a surprising number of firms who really aren't quite sure what their strategy should be, and we find that's a very difficult sale proposition for people in the lateral market.»

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That result might seem surprising given the recent headlines declaring the demise of Canadian law firms (not to mention the hordes of law grads struggling to find articling positions), but lawyers are big earners, and over the past five years their numbers have swollen by 10,000.

Perhaps the fear of Web 2.0 isn't that surprising when you consider that a similar survey from IT security company Sophos earlier this year found that the number of firms suffering attacks through social media jumped 70 percent between 2008 and 2009.

The collapse of liberal consulting firm Fizgibbon Media last week stunned many in the progressive movement, but the reasons behind it didn't surprise a tragically large number of women in the field.

A surprising number of internet dating and social networking executives, marketing / advertising firms, venture capitalists, affiliate managers, payment processors, background search companies, affiliates and portal webmasters were in attendance.

In the meantime, Amazon is still offering the Kindle Paperwhite — its illuminated equivalent — for $ 119, though given the two firms» history of sparring over pricing, we wouldn't be surprised to see it trim its own numbers accordingly.

The absence of these programs or similar solutions is particularly surprising when one considers the large number of vendor supplied and internally customized labour saving solutions law firms implement in the interest of repeatedly saving small amounts of time and the institution wide licences many universities have implemented to encourage their use.

Harper also describes the management practices that led to the bankruptcy of a surprising number of large firms.

However, a surprising number of solo and small law firm attorneys still fail to acknowledge this importance — at the risk of their own business.

The level of interest exceeded the firm's expectations, according to the piece, though what surprises me is that the numbers were so low.

With law firms increasing both their hourly rates and the number of billable hours they expect their associates to work, it is no surprise that the clients holding the outsized bills and expecting to pay for all this growth are pushing back with tools like billing guidelines, outside and internal auditors, and more competitive hiring practices.

Total annual expenditure on external law firms by FTSE 100 companies surpasses # 25bn, so it's no surprise that the report includes feedback from a number of respondents whose annual legal spend exceeds # 100m.

I was surprised to learn that a number of colleagues from other firms had not heard of Legal OnRamp and that it does not appear to have yet been mentioned on SLAW.

You just may be surprised by the number of flourishing law firm websites that aren't authored solely by the lawyers at the firm.

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.

After starting out at a law firm that has produced what seems like an unusually high number of prominent judges, it's perhaps not a surprise to see Justice George Strathy become Ontario's new chief justice, a position that has been open since last December when Warren Winkler retired.

Now to South America — we haven't talked much on Slaw about Brazilian law — perhaps surprising since it is an economic powerhouse and has the largest number of lawyers per capita after the United States, with a growing base of medium and large law firms.

The absence of these programs or similar solutions is particularly surprising when one considers the large number of vendor supplied and internally customized labour saving solutions law firms implement in the interest of repeatedly saving small amounts of time and...

Managing Director of Clayton Legal, Lynn Sedgwick comments: «It's not entirely surprising to see a fall in the number of skilled legal professionals in the market, we've seen skills shortages grow significantly worse over the past few years and the percentage of firms that report a lack of available talent highlights this.

«Numbers of the key findings in our Client - led Innovation in Legal Services report will surprise law firms.

The firm has hosted a number of these before for the launch of its new smartphones, and attendees typically have a chance to purchase the new gadgets at the venue; it looks like it will be no different this time around, but OnePlus is also teasing a «grand surprise» on its website.