As with other fledgling industries, laws often lag behind technological development, not to mention the enforcement thereof when the odds are against enterprises.
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He told Mr. Davis that utilities industry law was not a crowded field and, given his brains, he would stand out.
Firms shed more than 4,600 lawyers last year, according to a blog that tracks the legal industry, Law Shucks.
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Energy savings The roundtable – which included representatives from industry, law, environmental groups and government-funded bodies – agreed that the technology is now ripe for take-off.
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Mr. Markoff's group represents an increasingly prominent part of the debt industry: law firms that are hired by creditors or that buy delinquent accounts outright.
On average, about 12 people per year have completed the program — the overachievers of the overachievers — including a striking number of big names in finance, industry, law and government.
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