Sentences with phrase «using outside law firms»

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As a result, Eric Hatfield, from RIA Hatfield Insurance and Financial Services in Sherman Oaks, California, said his firm now will not adapt the paperwork that its outside law firm had drafted to be used when the DOL rule takes effect but will continue to work on behalf of the best interests of its clients as always.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver used his office to mask millions of dollars in «bribes and kickbacks» as legitimate outside income from two private law firms over more than a decade, according to a bombshell 35 - page criminal complaint filed by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara today.

A source said the Senate uses a law firm, Kraus & Zuchlewski, as an outside counsel to investigate formal sexual harassment complaints and act upon the recommendations accordingly.

The new rules stem from the arrest of the former Assembly Speaker, Sheldon Silver, who is accused of using his outside employment at two private law firms to illegally net millions of dollars.

The indictment said that while Silver claimed the outside income was from clients at law firms, the speaker never represented any clients, but rather referred business to the two firms, collected referral fees and used his power as speaker to help a doctor and two developers get what they wanted from Albany.

If the lawyer acts for clients who are prevented from storing data outside of Canada, this will be a very important consideration when thinking about the law firm's use of cloud resources.

A lawyer should disclose to their clients that they use cloud computing resources and that the client's data may be stored outside of Canada, preferably by incorporating this into the law firm's retainer agreement.

Similar to most of Outside GC's venture - backed clients, Prelert had an existing relationship with a traditional law firm, but the company understood that using them for a high volume of contract work would not be cost - effective or efficient.

The AXA executive's speech preached a «new paradigm» for using outside counsel, which he delicately suggested will «affect law firm profitability.»

And in 2008, 38 percent of companies used firms outside of Am Law 200, an increase over the 25 percent that went outside in 2007.

The scale tipped in their favor and they used their influence to drive the behavior of their outside counsel, resulting in significant changes — e.g., the law firm willingness to adopt other billing practices in addition to the billable hour.

Clearly, when outside counsel start to evaluate law performance and effectiveness, firms that use technology effectively will come out ahead.»

On numerous occasions, our lawyers have served as local counsel to out - of - town developers and law firms representing outside interests in local zoning and land use matters.

Jared previously wrote this guide «Offline Networking: Using Referrals to Grow Your Practice,» which you can download for free as well if you are interested in learning some tips about marketing your law firm outside of online channels.

Similarly, restraints on using outside counsel have not only forced corporate counsel to do more with less, but also put pressure on private law firms to contain fees.

RFPs help clients narrow the number of outside counsel used, control costs and outline key considerations of a relationship between the client and its law firm.

Even where the Firm is providing advice about the operation of the law on debt collection in a province outside of Ontario, the privacy law applicable to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information by the Firm is the law in effect in Ontario at the relevant time.

Key Metric # 2: Law Firm Consolidation — Number of Legal Vendors Used by Corporations 55 % of companies in the data pool have 10 firms or fewer accounting for at least 80 % of outside counsel fees Based on trailing 12 - months ending June 30, 2015

CPA Global lawyers in India support the work of in - house lawyers, and outside law firms engaged by Rio Tinto are expected to use CPA Global lawyers in India and elsewhere for work that can be done by lower cost lawyers.

Most firms that place a premium on revenue from partners» personal production find that partners tend to hold their client relationships too close to their vests; they frequently hoard client work rather than spread it around to other partners — because the former wants to receive full credit; partners perform work that could be performed by associates because the former wants to receive full credit; partners do billable work when their higher and better use for the law firm is to generate additional business from existing and potential clients; and lawyers may perform work outside of their principle areas of expertise that others in the firm could perform more effectively and efficiently.

While spending on outside law firms decreased from $ 2.9 million to $ 2.8 million from 2012 to 2013, the number of law firms used to handle class actions increased from three to four during this same period.

We use this information to help us make smarter decisions about how we assign matters to outside counsel and we also share it with our law firm partners in order to help them find ways of doing things more efficiently.»

BENEFITS: • Achievement of 17 % cost savings in their legal department spending since implementing CounselLink ® • Ability to make smarter decisions about how they assign matters to outside counsel, with the use of valuable data for tracking and analyzing the performance of Fred Loya's law firms • Delivery of reports that keep everyone accountable for litigation vs. settlement decisions, time management and other legal spending considerations • Outstanding, ongoing technical support and customer service from LexisNexis • Reliance on this central matter management system for the legal department provides a hub for tracking all matters throughout their lifecycle • Use of the Law Firm Registry feature has become a powerful tool for helping Fred Loya quickly establish working relationships with qualified law firms in particular venues where they have specific neuse of valuable data for tracking and analyzing the performance of Fred Loya's law firms • Delivery of reports that keep everyone accountable for litigation vs. settlement decisions, time management and other legal spending considerations • Outstanding, ongoing technical support and customer service from LexisNexis • Reliance on this central matter management system for the legal department provides a hub for tracking all matters throughout their lifecycle • Use of the Law Firm Registry feature has become a powerful tool for helping Fred Loya quickly establish working relationships with qualified law firms in particular venues where they have specific nelaw firms • Delivery of reports that keep everyone accountable for litigation vs. settlement decisions, time management and other legal spending considerations • Outstanding, ongoing technical support and customer service from LexisNexis • Reliance on this central matter management system for the legal department provides a hub for tracking all matters throughout their lifecycle • Use of the Law Firm Registry feature has become a powerful tool for helping Fred Loya quickly establish working relationships with qualified law firms in particular venues where they have specific neUse of the Law Firm Registry feature has become a powerful tool for helping Fred Loya quickly establish working relationships with qualified law firms in particular venues where they have specific neLaw Firm Registry feature has become a powerful tool for helping Fred Loya quickly establish working relationships with qualified law firms in particular venues where they have specific nelaw firms in particular venues where they have specific needs

Businesses of all stripes use applications and data storage outside their own (fire) walls, and law firms are no exception.

Despite the lag in growth for outside counsel spending, savvy law firms can use this trend to their advantage.

Corporate law departments report that they are re-negotiating outside counsel fees, shifting work to lower - priced law firms, increasing in - house capacity, opting for alternative service providers and using new technology — all to develop a more cost - effective legal services model.

Tipping Point C includes such viral trends as convergence programs (in which the number of outside counsel an organization employs is examined and often sharply reduced, and in which firms compete for preferred provider status) and broader use of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to structure bidding from law firms for various kinds of work.

On a project or retainer basis, we use our 8 years of success with AFAs to help companies and law firms maximize their success with AFAs, including helping them craft or structure AFAs for certain matters or portfolios, advising about appropriate staffing and cost considerations, to training outside counsel on how to implement AFAs effectively.

Key Metric # 2: Law Firm Consolidation — Number of Legal Vendors Used by Corporations 54 % of companies in the data pool have 10 firms or fewer accounting for at least 80 % of outside counsel fees Based on trailing 12 - months ending December 31, 2013

Knowledge of industry benchmarks — such as typical rates for particular kinds of work or average outside counsel spend when AFAs are in use in a given practice area — give law firms a basis for valuing the services offered to clients.

Key Metric # 2: Law Firm Consolidation — Number of Legal Vendors Used by Corporations 51 % of companies in the data pool have 10 firms or fewer accounting for at least 80 % of outside counsel fees Based on trailing 12 months ending December 31, 2014

In the spirit of Jeff Carr's recent letter reproduced on The Dialogue to outside counsel on delivering value with integrity, Silvia uses two emails, one from a CFO to the Legal Department, and the other from the CMO of a major law firm on the panel to the Head of the Corporate Practice.

«A law firm using a virtual private network, a virtual desktop tool like GoToMyPC, or even a personal cloud tool like Tonido, could leave their files and data on their internal computers and access them from outside their office,» he says.

Additional practices include: outsourcing document review, using contract lawyers, implementing practices for managing outside counsel performance, implementing a commitment to diversity that extends to external law firms, and sending work to legal process outsourcers.

Corporate law departments report that they are re-negotiating outside counsel fees, shifting work to lower - priced law firms, increasing in - house capacity, opting for alternative service providers and using new technology — all to... [more]

In 2007, United Technologies» general counsel created a program to discourage its hundreds of outside law firms from using hourly rates, and over the past five years the company has significantly increased its use of non-hourly fees, Greenspan said.