Sentences with phrase «than lawyers for»

Moreover, there are good arguments that paralegals may be more experienced and better equipped than lawyers for some legal tasks.

Specifically, the access - to - justice movement is going to focus less on making lawyers» services more affordable, and more on making people aware that they have choices other than lawyers for their legal needs.

He played tough, but not any tougher than any lawyer for a major label who had negotiated an artist contract in recent decades.»

Not exact matches

Companies that use electronic programs to search for such records are sometimes more expensive than lawyers in the short term, Twardy said.

For the «vast majority of candidates,» says Aiken, the intervention of a lawyer or bot is unlikely to do more than an accurate self - assessment using government - provided tools.

Consider whether the person's services are «an integral part of the organization's activities» and whether the relationship is «permanent or indefinite, rather than for a determinable time,» suggests employment lawyer John Thompson on the Wage and Hour Laws.

Daniels» new suit, which seeks more than $ 75,000 in damages, was filed in the same federal courthouse where she appeared two weeks ago for a hearing involving records seized from Trump's longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.

Once you've filled your plastic cup — this affair is more backyard barbecue than society event — there's the meet and greet, an opportunity to check out the credentials of those around you: an aerospace industry executive, the economic development chief for a western U.S. state, a dean of engineering for a prestigious American university, several D.C. think tankers, lobbyists, lawyers.

For some crazy reason, we think it is more expensive to call a lawyer and have them review a contract for one hour than risk a multi-thousand-dollar investment to an email chain or a handshaFor some crazy reason, we think it is more expensive to call a lawyer and have them review a contract for one hour than risk a multi-thousand-dollar investment to an email chain or a handshafor one hour than risk a multi-thousand-dollar investment to an email chain or a handshake.

We've long seen businesses pay outside lawyers or accountants rather than bring them on staff, but now outsourcing has become more popular for a growing variety of services.

Cohen, who has served as Trump's lawyer for more than a decade, is under federal investigation related to a 2016 payment he made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, among other matters.

It was wonderful to be his lawyer,» said Lesperance, a former Canadian border officer who has worked as an immigration lawyer for more than 25 years.

CHICAGO, April 11 - Retailer Toys» R» Us has received multiple bids of more than $ 1 billion for an 85 percent stake in its Asian business, its lawyer Joshua Sussberg said at a U.S. bankruptcy court hearing on Wednesday.

The lenders want the stake to be sold for top dollar but fear it will be sold for less than that to McClendon's wife, Kathleen, because she is family, said a lawyer representing a syndicate of banks led by Wilmington Trust that loaned $ 465 million to a company McClendon founded in 2013, American Energy Partners LP (AEP).

Abzug's push for Women's Equality Day was, in fact, far more symbolic than many of the more concrete policies she made a reality in her six years in Congress, not to mention in the two decades prior to her election, which she spent as a lawyer fighting for human rights and civil rights.

It also faces more than 4,300 claims for compensation from people who said they suffered injuries related to the faulty switches or from relatives of those killed in related accidents, the lawyer overseeing the program has said.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs said more than 90 former and current Google employees admitted to facing discrimination, according to The Wall Street Journal.

In its statement, Heenan Blaikie thanked clients who put their trust in the firm over the years, and all the lawyers, professionals and employees who served it for more than four decades.

«Find a lawyer who is experienced,» urges Peters, stressing that the complicated nature of the transactions results in heftier legal fees than for a straight asset or stock purchase.

For more than seven months, Sumner Redstone, now 93 and barely able to speak, has asserted (through lawyers and PR teams) that he remains mentally competent — sharp enough to change his health care agent, to erase a $ 70 million bequest to an ex-girlfriend from his will, and, most important, to remain in control of Viacom (VIAB) and CBS (CBS), the jewels in his $ 42 - billion media empire.

(Bloomberg)-- An investment fund that's seeking a payout from the Cuban government on more than $ 1.3 billion in defaulted debt and back interest has hired the lawyer who won a settlement for hedge funds in a long - running legal battle against Argentina.

(Remember, when Trump sued Tim O'Brien for publishing Trump insiders» claims that Trump was worth less than $ 250 million dollars, Trump was eventually forced to show O'Brien's lawyers his tax returns.)

Benjamin Brafman, a lawyer for Mr. Weinstein, said in a statement, «While Mr. Weinstein's behavior was not without fault, there certainly was no criminality, and at the end of the inquiry it will be clear that Harvey Weinstein promoted more women to key executive positions than any other industry leader.»

But when so many turn down leasing one and one - half acre for one Wind Turbine for each 80 acres, that lease certainly does not materially affect the rest of the Farm or Ranch grazing pasture and the lease pays much more than the farm crow or grazing pasture lease, just because some lawyer said the lease was too long: 30 years plus 30 year option = 60 years, and the wind turbine company has selling production / electricity contracts for the next 150 years — which is needed to obtain financing!

While the recent Champion Auto Sales, LLC et al. v Pearl Beta Funding, LLC decision was a win for MCA companies because it determined at the appellate level that an MCA contract issued by Pearl Beta Funding to Champion Auto Sales «was not a usurious transaction,» many lawyers are saying that, more than anything, this -LSB-...]

The transport authority's list of concerns with Uber has more than halved to 11 from 25 after it committed to governance changes and apologized for setting up hostile software, a lawyer for the ride - hailing app said at a hearing Monday.

Former Playboy model Karen McDougal has filed a lawsuit for the right to speak publicly about what her lawyer says was a «sexual relationship» she had with Donald Trump more than a decade ago.

For instance, in 2012, more than $ 252 million was spent on title insurance, with an estimated $ 167 million given to the lawyers who handle real estate closings in Massachusetts, leaving only $ 85 million to the actual insurance companies.

British supermarket chain Tesco is facing legal claims that it is paying women less than men for work of equal value, in a case that lawyers estimate could ultimately cost it as much as 4 billion pounds ($ 5.6 billion) in compensation payments.

His chief of staff, Viveca Wright Simpson, made false representations to a VA ethics lawyer and altered an official email to secure approval for taxpayer funding of Shulkin's wife's flights, which cost more than $ 4,000, the VA inspector general found.

Graber may know a lot more about data breaches than the average lawyer — he is a key lawyer for plaintiffs in the massive data breach at Anthem Inc. that «compromised the personal identification and health information of more than 80 million customers of the health care company,» according to the law firm.

Yahoo is punishing CEO Marissa Mayer and parting ways with its top lawyer for the mishandling of two security breaches that exposed the personal information of more than 1 billion users and already have cost the company $ 350 million.

Scholasticism Theology moved from the monastery to the university Western theology is an intellectual discipline rather than a mystical pursuit Western theology is over-systematized Western Theology is systematized, based on a legal model rather than a philosophical model Western theologians debate like lawyers, not like rabbis Reformation Catholic reformers were excommunicated and formed Protestant churches Western churches become guarantors of theological schools of thought Western church membership is often contingent on fine points of doctrine Some western Christians believe that definite beliefs are incompatible with tolerance The atmosphere arose in which anyone could start a church The legal model for western theology intensifies despite the rediscovery of the East

Lawyers are paid more for divorces than for reconciliations.

As a divorce lawyer, she plays the social role of mopping up the messes rather than working for creative social change so that relationships might be more humane and lasting.

More than a few bankers and lawyers reach for their seersuckers.

Every day lawyers, reporters, victim organizations, and a passel of disgruntled priests became more and more explicit; they were set on bringing down Cardinal Law, they would settle for nothing less than blood.

«Wayne State — an arm of the Michigan State government — makes the remarkable claim that it violates university policies for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship to choose only Christian leaders rather than Jewish, Muslim or atheist ones,» says the lawsuit, filed by lawyers with Becket, a religious nonprofit.

Lawyers for Kentucky's Department of Insurance are encouraging a judge to hold Medi - Share, a cost - sharing ministry that helps pay medical bills for Christians who don't smoke or abuse alcohol (among other qualifications), in contempt for continuing to operate in the state more than a year after a circuit court judge ordered the Florida - based group to stop until it meets Kentucky insurance regulations.

Puritanism, then, did more than offer an alternative articulation of social values for seventeenth - century England even as it did more than provide parallel support to common lawyers in their fight against traditionalism.

I am no theologian but I don't think that Jesus would have owned an insurance company that paid more for lawyers than they pay for claims.

Since Sikhs have served America as doctors, lawyers and teachers for more than a century, any attack on their house of worship should be considered an attack on all houses of worship.

Dwight has also been a practicing lawyer for more than 35 years.

I need a tax lawyer to explain whether Falcao as a Monaco employee loaned to Arsenal for less than the 183 days required to become tax resident would be liable for tax in the UK.

The warning on this site to ban members for expressing their opinion is very discouraging.As a lawyer I don't see how you can identify a troll on the basis of expression of opinion.Freedom of Expression of is a universal human right superior than administrative rules, why gag members?

As for the existence of people on the internet who are evil & exploitative of children, yes they exist (I know I prosecuted a few myself when I was a lawyer), but the sad truth is that children are more likely to be harmed by people they know best than strangers.

The city and the Park District have hired outside lawyers who have charged more than $ 2.3 million for their services.

You'd think high - priced lawyers working for a mega-multinational conglomerate such as Coca - Cola might have better things to do than send silly threatening letters to tiny nonprofits like the Center for Environmental Health.

I breasfeed, make my own babyfood, use store brand diapers (and I've consistenly had 2 kids in diapers for 5 years, so the cost never goes up) and own all the gear and boy and girl clothes, and stay home (after more than 2 kids - I'm pregnant w / # 5, you'd have to be a doctor, lawyer, or CEO to be able to pay for daycare.

«The Democrats must really be struggling when the two candidates for this seat are lawyer - lobbyist Andrew Falk, who took $ 770,000 from Sheldon Silver during his three failed campaigns, and Councilwoman Debbie Carter - Costello, who raised taxes twice and increased spending by more than twice that amount in her first five minutes on the job.