Sentences with phrase «use of attorney time»

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And the San Francisco and Los Angeles district attorneys have asserted that Uber's background check processes could not have uncovered the criminal records of the 25 drivers in question, in part because the process doesn't use biometric identifiers like fingerprinting, according to the New York Times.

The attorney general's investigation was apparently spurred by a 2013 article in the New York Times that cited a University of Guelph study that used genetic analysis to examine various commercial herbal remedies.

The New York Times reported last weekend that Republicans were likely to use the memo to contend that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein acted improperly in approving an application to extend surveillance of Page that was partly based on dubious research funded by Democratic organizations.

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In the article, the MSM propagandist states such things as: 2017 has seen, according to his one time Goldman Sachs source, a «dramatic crash in [physical gold coin] demand,» that interest in gold coins is linked to «political conservatism, or anarcho - libertarianism» and «end of the world right wing sentiments,» that gold has been implicated in a «conspiracy to commit money laundering,» that gold is «financed by people in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «illegal mines and drug dealers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold in the short article.

Janet Reno, the Attorney General of the United States at the time, authorized and ordered the use of UNITED STATES MILITARY FORCES, WITH THEIR MILITARY ASSUALT ARMAMENT, to MURDER seventy - six American men, women and children in their own home in the U.S.....

Bellone also used the on - air time with host John Catsimatidis to praise the work of Police Commissioner Timothy Sini, who is looking to secure the party's nomination for Suffolk district attorney.

He said the investigator, whether it be through the Joint Committee Of Public Ethics or the Attorney General, should also look into allegations Ceretto's office used government time and resources to campaign.

Earlier in the week — shortly before The New York Times reported that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office was presenting evidence to a grand jury about Skelos» possible involvement in the contract deal — Flanagan said, «At this juncture in my career I obviously have significant experience, very well versed in a lot of aspects of state government, and I certainly am going to keep doing what I'm doing and use whatever skills I have to enhance the work that I do.

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«As we allege, Mayor Thomas used his campaign and inaugural accounts as personal piggybanks — part of a long - running scheme that began during his 2015 campaign and continued throughout his time in office,» said Attorney General Schneiderman.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is reported to be probing contracts awarded as part of Cuomo's Buffalo Billion project, with questions over the timing of campaign contributions to the governor, as well as criteria used to choose the vendors.

Cuomo, of course, has gotten beaten up recently over being anything but transparent, from his use of PIN - to - PIN function on his Blackberry, eskewing emails and keeping some of his documents from his time as attorney general out of the public view.

«Our position is that the only office that really can be counted on at this point to do a thorough and fair investigation of what we believe to have been a completely unjustified use of deadly force by a police officer would be the New York Attorney General's office,» said Mishler at the time.

The judge, Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court, did not unseal the materials at the time, but the issue arose again after the trial ended, when the office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, asked to be allowed to use the materials at Mr. Silver's sentencing, which is scheduled for May 3.

However, the attorney general can be empowered in certain areas by the governor, such as Governor Cuomo using an executive order to assign Eric Schneiderman with prosecutorial authority over some potential police misconduct, a plan opposed by four out of five of New York City's District Attorneys at the time it was proposed.

US Attorney Preet Bharara is reported to be probing contracts awarded as part of Governor Cuomo's Buffalo Billion project, with questions over the timing of campaign contributions to the governor, as well as criteria used to choose the vendors.

The use of settlement funds by Schneiderman is just one of many examples of how recent attorneys general have secured new money through investigative and prosecutorial work that they've then used for whatever priorities they see fit, at times expanding their office's reach even further beyond the traditional role of AG.

Molly Tack - Hooper, an attorney with the ACLU of Pennsylvania who represented the student, told Public News Service that the court's opinion was clear: «There is no question that in Pennsylvania, schools just don't have the power to punish kids because they use the «F - word» on social media if they do it on their own time.»

This saves you thousand's of dollars and year's of time because instead of having to reinvent a debt relief business from ground up, use your own attorneys and research new subject, you get to piggy - back off our strategies, use our strategic partnerships and join our marketing platform that most companies can only dream of having.

Lenders will need to obtain an «Alive and Well» statement at the time of closing for service members and their families using power of attorney.

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They stated further that» it is inappropriate for state attorneys general to use the power of their office to attempt to silence core political speech on one of the major policy debates of our time.»

That's the teaser the blog Grits for Breakfast uses to introduce a San Angelo Standard - Times report that begins, «Attorneys and mothers alike wept on the Tom Green County Courthouse lawn, rejoicing in the reversal by an Austin appeals court of a San Angelo judge's decision to remove hundreds of children from a polygamist Mormon splinter sect.»

This doesn't mean that you should forego using these services altogether, but if you do plan to be a tech - enabled attorney, it is important for you to balance your web time with periods of inaccessibility.

Having «associates» who are acting as what might more traditionally be called «staff attorneys» and / or widespread use of part - time work arrangements?

You may revoke your Advance Directive at any time by using Rocket Lawyer's Healthcare Power of Attorney - Revocation.

Morrison suggests that this kind of technology could be used to automatically keep an attorney's time for billing purposes:

When the upper - level externs go off to work on opinions in judges» chambers, they use attorneys» written product and, almost always for the first time, have a first - hand experience of what users need.

Just a few of their efforts and costs are: having attorneys and legal staff spend billable time on the non-billable hiring process; your salary and benefits; payment to a legal recruiter (if you're using a headhunter); and the costs of training you (again, this takes considerable time away from your bosses» billable work).

«Block Billing» It used to be general practice for an attorney to submit an invoice with entries that contained multiple tasks corresponding to a single span of time, such as:

At a time when your energy is best used to focus on your recovery and your family, a personal injury attorney can handle the details of your claim from investigating your injury and gathering evidence to negotiating a fair settlement or arguing for a jury award.

By using MyView in a browser or on an iPad, attorneys will save a great deal of time when researching and checking their deadlines.

While trademark registration processes can be lengthy and costly there are many ways in which we try and minimise time and cost by making use of various international registration processes and having agreed, streamlined working procedures, particularly when working with overseas attorneys.

Using point - in - time navigation, the tool allows attorneys to see the text of a law or regulation as it stood at any specific point in time.

Time seems to be one of the most - common reasons why attorneys who do not use social networks do not start.

Many times, the greatest obstacle to successful integration of new technology by a law firm is resistance from attorneys and staff who don't have the time or inclination to figure out how to use it.

Since time billing records are subject to attorney - client privilege, Hunt actually uses Bill4Time as the primary record of client interactions.

While most attorneys enter a single sentence for a time billing entry, Hunt uses Bill4Time to enter paragraphs of detailed work descriptions.

In addition, the use of contract attorneys who can assist when needed by a firm, but not require the firm to carry all of the costs required by a full - time employee, will provide specific expertise and manpower when needed.

The origin of the role of the AG as the person responsible for pleading the sovereign's interests before the royal courts can be traced back to the 13th century, although the modern title of attorney general is considered to have been used for the first time in 1461.

Some of these savings could be achieved through non-traditional sources like contract attorneys that can be used «as needed» and not increase overhead by hiring full - time attorneys if a project will only last several months.

Today's law practices use attorney time and billing software to maintain a 360 - degree view of the firm's finances, maximize profits and minimize liability.

In addition to the transactional matters handled by our real estate attorneys, a number of lawyers in the Department spend most of their time on land use and environmental permitting issues, and every lawyer in the New Jersey and Philadelphia Department deals with those issues in their day to day practice.

The Rising Stars list utilizes the same highly - selective process used for the list of Super Lawyers except that there is an age and time limit for candidates and fewer attorneys can be named to Rising Stars.

You read about other attorneys blogging but are hesitant in fear because of the unknown time commitment; you see small businesses using Facebook for connecting with clients and the community, yet you're still not sure how sharing pictures of you and your family at the Grand Canyon will help your law practice.

Time Miner eliminates the hassle of manual, contemporaneous methods most attorneys use to keep track of billable time spent on their smartphoTime Miner eliminates the hassle of manual, contemporaneous methods most attorneys use to keep track of billable time spent on their smartphotime spent on their smartphones.

Hopefully, the next time a case like this comes around (and it will), the attorneys will be better able to frame why the use of the technology was vital to their case or the judge will be able to explain better why the costs were excessive.

We actually started using Trello recently, which at first I thought, «We don't need Trello, because we have all these other tools,» but we have a team meeting once a week, and I mean, each of us, there's three attorneys, a clerk, and a part - time assistant, and each of us can be working on five to ten different matters at a time, and there's just no really great way of keeping track of that or looking at it in Clio.