31.   Indeed, many clients are insisting that outside firms dispense with the open-ended billable-hour system altogether and stay within a given budget for a case.

32.   In-house counsels generally provide guidance and leave the heavy lifting of big trials to outside firms.

33.   It included two corporate teams, three outside public relations firms, a memorial to World War II slave laborers and gifts to all employees of both companies.

34.   Its outside accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been unable to perform an audit because of its concerns about how the funds were valued.

35.   Late last year, for the first time, Waffle House hired an outside public relations firm.

36.   Liberty, however, has no negotiations under way with an outside money management firm to do so, Morgan said.

37.   Last month, the House passed a measure that would give people the right to block banks and other financial companies from sharing their personal data with outside firms.

38.   Lifeguards were first licensed by an outside consulting firm that specializes in training for water parks before becoming eligible for employment at Hurricane Harbor, officials said.

39.   Meanwhile in recent years, McCarthy has talked to outside firms, including Allen, about recapitalizing Nichols with fresh money.

40.   Mintz testified that he was so concerned about the propriety of the arrangements that he hired an outside law firm to review the transactions.