Sentences with phrase «what corporate law»

what corporate law firms and lawyers make after a point is nothing when compared to what independent practitioners make.

Instead of drawing its conclusions from what corporate law departments said they were doing or planned to do, its findings have always been based on what they actually did.

Not exact matches

«What you want to avoid is anything that might «pierce the corporate veil,» says Sandra E. Mayerson, leader of the national bankruptcy practice of law firm Holland & Knight LLP, who is based in New York City.

Corporate filings are often more legalistic and technical than what executives say during presentations to analysts and investors, when they may sound optimistic about the company's outlook, law professors and private lawyers noted.

Incidentally, the «rule of law,» broadly understood, is what makes so called «say - on - pay» rules something less than a slam - dunk from a corporate governance point of view.

As a Catholic professor of corporate law, I have a deep and abiding interest in what Catholic Social Thought has to say about the economy and economic regulation.

Rule 14a - 11 is not limited to facilitating the ability of shareholders to exercise their state law rights, but instead confers upon shareholders a new substantive federal right that in many respects runs counter to what state corporate law otherwise provides.»

Aside from oil pipelines, the NDP - Green agreement commits to holding a referendum on proportional representation in fall 2018 (though it is not clear what form of proportional representation will be proposed) and reforming BC's wild - west election finance laws (banning corporate and union donations, placing limits on individual donations, and limiting party loans to banks and financial institutions).

Premier Rachel Notley and Alberta's new NDP government have pledged to ban corporate and union donations in provincial politics, and they now have what could be a once in a lifetime opportunity to clean up election finance laws in Alberta's municipal elections as well.

You'll quickly find out why the Court of Chancery is to corporate litigation what the Delaware General Corporation Law is to the nation's corporate community.

What annoys me about this behavior, which is practiced very often today as well, is that for some reason corporate managers seem to act like these buybacks — when they are earmarked for the purpose of offsetting stock options — exist in a vacuum where the laws of economics are suspended.

Listen to how Lawrence Lederman, in his Tales from the Takeover Era, described what drew him from ordinary corporate law to takeover work: «Besides agility, attempting a takeover requires craft and the willingness to take risks.»

Now enshrined in corporate and banking law (and underpinning what we know as «capitalism»), these rules favor those with wealth over those who have nothing.

What are their reasons, do they believe that limited liability laws amount to corporate welfare like some liberals?

John Coppola, executive director of the New York State Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers, said legislators should aim penalties at what he called «big corporate dealers,» who might best be blocked by federal law enforcement officials, not local ones.

Cor made the donations by taking advantage of state campaign finance laws that permit what critics say are end - runs around corporate donation limits through the use of limited liability companies.

New campaign filings show Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo raised almost $ 900,000 from corporate spinoffs known as limited liability companies over the last six months, underscoring what critics call a gaping loophole in the laws meant to cap corporate political contributions.

«But many companies are deploying robots in an unreflected manner, without knowing beforehand what these changes mean for either employees, corporate culture, or customer relationships,» Professor Ruth Stock - Homburg, Institute of Marketing & Human Resource Management, Department of Law and Economics of TU Darmstadt, warns.

The law furthers corporate - elite control over what is becoming their workforce development system.

What sort of research did you do into the world of corporate law and high - stakes public relations?

And third, although I don't know what was in the minds of legislators when the 401 (k) law was enacted, in practice it is very explicitly thought of as a substitute for a pension plan and as far as I know this has always been the case in the corporate world.

What annoys me about this behavior, which is practiced very often today as well, is that for some reason corporate managers seem to act like these buybacks — when they are earmarked for the purpose of offsetting stock options — exist in a vacuum where the laws of economics are suspended.

What really lends credence to this leak hubbub is the fact that a Microsoft spokesperson told Game Informer they were working with law enforcement and Microsoft corporate security to «address the situation.»

What hasn't been reported is the complementary role of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has peddled laws written by corporate lobbyists through state legislatures that make it easy for its dirty energy members, such as Exxon, Koch Industries and Peabody coal, to influence how climate science is presented to students.

For now, it remains unclear what course the SEC will take on climate change disclosure under the Trump administration, and whether Clayton will choose to apply his own law firm's sound advice on corporate climate change disclosure in his new role as SEC chairman.

ACC believes that many traditional law firm business models and many of the approaches to lawyer training and cost management are not aligned with what corporate clients want and need: value - driven, high - quality legal services that deliver solutions for a reasonable cost and develop lawyers as counselors (not just content - providers), advocates (not just process - doers) and professional partners.

Fresh out of law school, I didn't know exactly what being a corporate lawyer would look like.

Law firms should introduce a corporate structure which requires no capital contribution, allowing partners within the business to flourish and do what they do best.

On February 24, 2017, Executive Managing Partner Daniel Garrie and Joey Johnson published «The DNC Hack Was Not an Act of War: What we call it under international law should influence our response» in the Metropolitan Corporate Counsel.

If you are interested in pursuing corporate law, take transactional classes and tell us about your experience and what you've learned.

MCC: What are some of the solutions that Neota Logic is offering or has recently developed for corporate law departments?

We've been working with a range of clients, including regulators, law firm partners and corporate legal teams to help them understand: first, the predictive coding process as a whole from start to finish, and what that looks like for their particular matter; and second, some basic elements such as precision and recall, so they don't get bogged down in the nuts and bolts of the data science.

CR: Take law school classes that are practical: I took seminars on «the art of the deal» and general M&A which really gave me exposure to what corporate work is and made me familiar with certain terms.

The new design is based on feedback from corporate counsel and law firms about what functionalities they need most.

With the ever increasing footprint of global law firms and corporate in - house departments, the value of what an internationally trained lawyer or a globally minded legal professional can bring has never been greater.

What's the most significant difference between the legal tech needs of corporate legal departments and law firms?

When corporate counsel were asked what types of law firm - generated content they found most valuable, 77 percent said client alerts and 76 percent said practice group newsletters, while only 35 percent answered blogs.

And what challenges and opportunities could this present for law firms, as well as for general counsel working for corporates in these locations?

«The Common Scold» will cover a host of topics, from why law firms must list top administrators on firm Web sites; to why we need to eradicate the word «solution» from legal technology vocabularies; to why it's time to shift from «eat what you kill» to collaborative, corporate - modeled cultures; to why George Steinbrenner should void Kevin Brown's contract and keep Esteban Loaiza after all... more

That done, what an opportunity, certainly in the UK, for the smarter players to sweep up and make sense of a few stragglers like Jordans, that long - established business that offers potential for information and workflow in corporate law and market leadership in family law.

Not everyone will agree that law publishing is about providing legal information and content which is essential for professional advisers and corporate officers to excel in what they do but that is how I see it.

The design was based on feedback from corporate counsel and law firms about what functionalities they need most, Integreon said.

What the survey actually did ascertain was which skills might best well serve young lawyers once they land a job at a big law firm that mostly deals with corporate clients.

They recruit senior lawyers with an established corporate client base, cut their large law firm hourly rates by 25 - 50 % and permit the lawyers to keep most of what they bill.

What if the Association of Corporate Counsel and / or the American Bar Association were to create a system by which users of legal services (clients) could report on their experiences with lawyers and law firms in an honest and organized fashion, via the Internet.

In a panel organized by the Association of Corporate Counsel, you will hear how experienced law department leaders respond to this pressure and what it means both for their department operations and the law firms they retain.

, 2016 • «Foreign Anti-Corruption Compliance: Director and Office Obligations and Considerations», Corporate Governance by Federated Press, Volume IX, No. 4, 2013 • Canada Gets Tough on Corruption, February 2013 • «Why You Should Think About an Anti-Corruption Compliance Program», TechSTARTUPCenter.com, April 2013 • «Tendering Law: The Evolution of the Duty of Fairness and What it Means for Clients», Presentation, 18th East Region Solicitors Conference 2012 • Panelist, Government of Canada, Economic Action Plan Roundtable: «Helping Businesses Sell to the Government of Canada», 2011 • «A Comparison of Canada's Proposed Consumer Product Safety Legislation (Bill C - 52) and its American Counterpart», Focus on Federal Advocacy and Policy, June 2008

What would you say makes corporate law a fascinating legal segment, and why is Amsterdam an appealing corporate hub?

What would you advise young lawyers in order to prepare themselves for a career in finance / corporate law?

«Mud lawyers,» that's what they called them — oil and gas attorneys, viewed for decades as second - class citizens in the world of corporate transactional law.