Sentences with phrase «while writing the firm»

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While it may be true that «minority firm owners are less likely to have bank loans of any kind, they have easy access to transaction loans from nonbanks,» Veronique de Rugy of the American Enterprise Institute wrote in a paper last year.

As I wrote last week, small firms that didn't offer insurance to their employees cited a variety of reasons, but 79 percent called cost an important factor, while 76 percent said the same of firm size — their businesses were just «too small.»

«With the weekend detentions, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has succeeded in controlling all three Saudi security services, while cowing both conservative and reform - minded clerics — an unprecedented consolidation of power in the country's history,» The Soufan Center, a strategic consultancy firm, wrote in a Monday note.

The Soufan Group, a strategic security firm that specializes in intelligence, law enforcement, and policy analysis, wrote earlier this year that while the targets of intelligence agencies and cyber criminal networks «are usually very different,» Russia has «increasingly blurred the lines between cyber-espionage and cyber crime in an unprecedented manner.»

While many DLT firms showed promise, the FCA wrote, «Through the sandbox we have observed that execution time uncertainty, volatility in the value of digital currencies, liquidity requirements, transaction fees and the availability of exchanges have all proved to be limiting factors to the success of tests in this area.

While these reports often contain valuable information, the analysts / firms that write them may be compromised in a myriad of ways.

Readers who know Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974), Holy the Firm (1977) and Teaching a Stone to Talk (1982) are not only familiar with the autobiographical turn of her writing, but also with the power of a religious imagination that, while recognizably Christian; roams free.

Nor will its use demand payment of fare, and no longer will His children need travel across land or sea, no, but upon the winds of the air as like He does, and shall dwell upon the clouds in great floating cities away from the foulness of the earth's sand upon which will crawl the wicked children, and the wicked hostesses except those which He sees fit to allow to visit the cloudy cities for reasons of firm discipline... (10:45) Round shapely... (10:63) And as it is written so shall it come to pass while I do live.

Writing in The Times, Henrietta Royle, chief executive of the coaching and strategy consultancy firm Fanshaw Haldin, made the point that while most Conservatives have no difficulty with equality for gay people, «a significant chunk of the party's core supporters clearly doesn't think that has to include redefining the traditional concepts of marriage to suit a small portion of the population without so much as a by your leave».

He started a public affairs firm and was doing state budget analysis, while writing opinion - editorial pieces for governmental and political clients.

The former UN special representative for business and human rights John Ruggie wrote to the justice minister to make just this point, while human rights lawyers firm Leigh, Day & Co have been equally critical.

While Hizzoner has threatened a suit, his administration doesn't appear to have secured any guarantees from the firm in writing.

Andrew Gallagher at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, wrote the algorithm while at photography firm Kodak.

``... pretending to be a ransomware while being in fact a nation state attack... is in our opinion a very subtle way from the attacker to control the narrative of the attack,» wrote Matt Suiche at cybersecurity firm Comae in a blog post last week.

So while I am prepping myself for the festivities I figured I would share my picks with you... even if your not heading to Lincoln Center, these necessities are must haves for day to day activities and appointments!I LOVE my Graphic Image NY Planner... while all my event invitations are usually sent via e-mail, I still prefer to hand write down what I have going on so I don't forget anything... I'm a firm believer in visualizing things rather than just allowing the notifications to pop up on my phone!

One side includes key information with picture support and clearly printed text while the other Guest post written by Boris Wertz Boris Wertz is founder of Version One Ventures, a Vancouver - based early stage investment firm.

«While alignment to Florida standards was confirmed for the majority of items reviewed via the item review study,» the firm wrote in its report, «many were not confirmed, usually because these items focused on slightly different content within the same anchor standards.

And while SchoolWorks complimented AAC's «strong commitment» to serving Southside - Ashpole students, the firm wrote that AAC's instructional program was «vague and lacked specificity.»

To support the student with surrounding environmental stimulation and negative reactions to touch, the teacher offers a weighted accessory (e.g., lap weight, weighted blanket) as an accommodation to provide firm pressure and support sensory integration while the student continues the writing task.

While completing her master, Rosiris worked as a free - lance journalist writing articles, producing videos and has offered professional services for local magazines, as well as for a small marketing and communications firm.

The most common issue while writing a research paper is that the research work fails to provide a firm statement.

For some years Coyne managed a technical writing and training team at a New York law firm and divided her time between an apartment in Queens and the 110 - year - old house she bought and renovated on Long Island, while performing and writing on the side.

Also, and I wrote about this on Law21 a while back, one of my major annoyances was that many law firms fail to list their professional staff on their websites.

Take a look at the snippet he wrote while including this blog in his top - 10 list of law blogs in the current issue of Canadian Lawyer: LAW FIRM WEB STRATEGY The... more»

My thought process for writing these pages initially regarded how I could communicate as much as possible in a small space, while allowing for the distribution of that information to scale up (in case my solo practice turns into the next 1,000 - attorney firm — hah!).

In 2009, while on deferral from the law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, he wrote a satirical memo about law firm billing that got him fired from the firm (and from an internship with Warren Buffett), freeing him to turn his attention to Rap Genius.

Christopher R. Blazejewski, partner in the firm's Litigation Department, and Debra Squires - Lee, co-chair of the firm's Professional Liability Group, recently wrote an article for Law360.com on potential ethical mistakes that litigators can make while fighting for their clients in the courtroom.

«Some participants believe that mandatory data collection is crucial to advancing diversity and inclusion, while others believe that mandatory collection could halt the progress that is already being made by firms and legal organizations in the area of equity and diversity,» says the report, written by a working group tackling challenges faced by minority lawyers.

She was paid more than $ 100 million while at the firm, Quinn wrote.

According to the article, of the 50 Best Law Firms for Women, nearly all offer reduced schedules to lawyers, while 62 percent offer full - time telecommuting, and 42 percent have written flexible - schedule policies.

«While much as been written about law firms» struggles to reach gender parity and equity among their ranks, there has been scant recognition of the general disparity in legaltech,» writes Sonday, who was herself recognized among the 2017 Women of Legal Tech by the ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center.

From 2006 to 2009, Herrmann wrote the popular Drug and Device Law Blog while he was a partner at law firm Jones Day.

«While legal technology will be the main theme,» Monica writes, «you can also expect rants and raves about the management issues we discuss in Law Firm Inc. and Small Firm -LSB-...]

First, while I don't mean to denigrate the terrific work that Skadden performed in this case, I find it extremely difficult to believe that the firm wrote off 4,100 hours of time — that's the equivalent of TWO FULL years of associate time.

Flipping the idea of Mitch Albom's «The Five People You Meet in Heaven» on its head, Schorn writes that while his solo practice is risky and demanding, he knows that he will never be stuck with the types of big firm people who can drain all the fun out of practicing law.

While most firms pay lip service to the concept, Howell writes, many remain «machinelike organizations that grind billables out of associates like Oscar Mayer grinds meat into hot dogs.»

While at the firm, summer associates work on matters typically assigned to first - year associates and participate in a generous mix of training opportunities to hone skills such as legal writing and presentation style.

While the above post represents a young associate's view, as MacEwen writes, many of the points raised, particularly the one about law firms rewarding «competent masochists» poses a serious question for the entire profession.

«While not all of our proposals were adopted, and more clearly needs to be done, the new directive includes several new protections for privileged and confidential client information... and is a clear improvement over the prior policy,» she wrote to law firms in the PartnerUp email newsletter, which is designed to keep law firms apprised of the ABA's advocacy activities.

While SoloSmallTech was a technology blog for solo and small firms, I also enjoy writing posts like this and this, that did not fit neatly within solosmall or tech.

While not every individual lawyer has a flair for the conversational writing style that is the mainstay of a popular blog, «every type of practice area and every firm could benefit from blogging.»

While written by a Chicago attorney, a partner in a Chicago law firm, using statistics about partners in Chicago, the article is not about Chicago.

While no letter of intent has been signed, a memo written by Newberry this week updating Patton Boggs partners on a range of issues — which Reuters first reported on — notes that Wells Fargo, accounting firms Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers, and legal consultant The Zeughauser Group have been retained to evaluate the merits of a union with Locke Lord.

I started teaching legal writing full time in 1993, at a school where I taught 55 — 60 students per semester; taught three sections, one of which met at 7:30 p.m. on Friday night; was rebuked if the students referred to me as «professor»; became subject to a three - year cap adopted by the faculty while I was there; and was paid $ 30,000 (less than half of my prior law firm job's salary) for the privilege.

While this recommendation may sound self - serving since it's written by someone who makes a living providing training and customization services to law firms, it really is deeper than that.

What project management is and how it's applied in a law firm setting The lean startup methodology, the minimum viable product and how lawyers can apply this concept while writing briefs What ethics rules lawyers must be aware of when they're applying project management methodologies Can certain project management methods improve client - attorney relationships?

While both obtained competitive bids from law firms, including estimates, and used written retainer agreements, one paid up to $ 375 per hour, the other capped rates at $ 145 per hour.

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As I've written previously, the legal market that exists today has plenty of room to simultaneously lower costs for clients while increasing profits for law firms.

While that last sentence is written with (hopeful) tongue in cheek, I do seriously note that firms like Valorem (my firm) and Summit Law Group and others comprised of ex-BigLaw partners who have seen the future and realize it should not include the billable hour or at least not BigLaw rates, provide a real option to help you meet your litigation needs.