private law
noun
: a branch of law concerned with private persons, property, and relationships compare public law
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But, more significantly, the states have had aggressive attorneys, working for public agencies or private law firms, who have stepped in to protect consumers from high rates.
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Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 15 Jan. 2025
After the attorney general’s office hired a private law firm to help take on big oil companies, the union fears that the state might tap outside counsel to handle other, high-profile cases against Trump.
—William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
Claire Seaborn, former Chief of Staff to Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, now in energy, environmental and climate policy at Tory’s, a private law firm.
—Joan Michelson, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Edward Burke, took the investigation in a new direction and helped lead to one of the central allegations of the case: that Madigan used the power and influence of his public office to squeeze developers for business for his private law firm.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
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Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 15 Jan. 2025
After the attorney general’s office hired a private law firm to help take on big oil companies, the union fears that the state might tap outside counsel to handle other, high-profile cases against Trump.
—William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
Claire Seaborn, former Chief of Staff to Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, now in energy, environmental and climate policy at Tory’s, a private law firm.
—Joan Michelson, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Edward Burke, took the investigation in a new direction and helped lead to one of the central allegations of the case: that Madigan used the power and influence of his public office to squeeze developers for business for his private law firm.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Private law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20law. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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