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High court ends long-running DUI challenge — for now
After a lengthy battle that played out in four different courts, the S.C. Supreme Court decided Phillip Brown cannot drive — legally — in South Carolina anytime in the near future. In S.C. Department...
View ArticleBar Discipline Roundup: Murrells Inlet attorney suspended
Attorney: William Thomas Moody Location: Murrells Inlet Bar membership: Member since 1991 Disciplinary action: Suspended until further notice on Jan. 27 Background: The Supreme Court suspended Moody’s...
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Fired lawyer can proceed with defamation suit
A South Carolina attorney who claims a workplace rival defamed her and interfered with her employment contract can proceed with her lawsuit, a U.S. District Court judge found. In denying the...
View ArticleGetting Mugged: Lawmakers, record-keepers aim to curtail mug shot publishers,...
Lawmakers are expected to take up a bill this session aimed at giving South Carolina residents ammunition against websites that publish arrest mug shots and then demand hundreds of dollars to remove...
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Sherwin-Williams hit with $2.5M verdict
A Marion County jury awarded $2.5 million in damages to a motorist injured in a collision with a Sherwin-Williams van. Kerry Brown was driving approximately 45 mph on US 41 in Marion County when her...
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SC Department of Corrections seeks new order in mental health suit
The S.C. Department of Corrections has asked a trial judge to go back and change a ruling which chastised the agency for its pervasive mistreatment of mentally ill inmates in the state’s prison system....
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Accounting firms grow forensic practices
LONG ISLAND, NY — For accounting firms looking to expand their services, the areas of forensic accounting, business valuation and litigation support are a fairly safe bet. These practice areas – which...
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Windows XP users: Consider a new operating system before April 8
DETROIT — On April 8, people using computers running Windows XP operating systems will face serious issues, including a total lapse in security protection for those computers. On that date, Microsoft...
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PI lawyers stymied by Medicare secondary payer process
Long-awaited regulations governing the way litigants in personal injury cases with future medical bills should reimburse the government for Medicare payments could come as soon as this year. But new...
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Defiant Ones
As coercion tools go, civil contempt is one of the most effective. The prospect of doing time down at the local jail is enough to convince most people to obey the court. But every now and then a judge...
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Email triggers case removal to federal court
In his suit against the Dollar General Store for unpaid wages, Shawn C. Wright and his attorney carefully avoided raising any federal claims so they could keep the matter in state court where it was...
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SCACDL asks AG to investigate solicitor’s office
Just when it seemed like the wounds from S.C. Supreme Court Justice Donald Beatty’s cutting remarks about solicitors had begun to heal, a statewide group of criminal defense lawyers has used the...
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Lawyers in the News
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough has added Matt Abee, Graham Mitchell, Everett McMillian and Daniel Lumm as associates in the firm’s Columbia office. Abee practices in the areas of appellate,...
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SAFE TO SAY Federal judge decides that when one colleague tells another that...
A court in South Carolina ruled for the first time last month that telling co-workers that a supervisor engages in racial discrimination is a protected activity under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act....
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App a fast way for attorneys to connect with speeders, traffic violators
The envelopes that deluge the mailbox of anyone who’s gotten a traffic ticket are a nuisance for both sides — phenomenally expensive for attorneys, and awkward for anyone trying to conceal a ticket...
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Solicitor Wilson says SCACDL is retaliating against her office
Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson responded this afternoon to the S.C. Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ call for the state attorney general to investigate her office for prosecutorial...
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Legal Loop: Productivity apps help lawyers manage time
ROCHESTER, NY — According to the American Bar Association’s 2013 Legal Technology Survey, 91 percent of attorneys have smartphones and 48 percent use tablets in their practices. So more likely than...
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Notes from the White House: Nexsen Pruet associate meets cast of celebrity...
Columbia lawyer Tommy Preston felt like he was having a strange dream as he took in his surroundings. Glancing around the stately East Room of the White House, he saw Fox News pundit Bill O’ Reilly...
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Lawyers in the news
K&L Gates has named Trey Howell and Mark Sharpe of the Charleston office as partners in the firm’s real estate investment, development, and finance practice. Howell advises mortgage portfolio...
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Former AG’s brother arrested on gun charge
Columbia lawyer Frank McMaster, the brother of former South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, was arrested late last month on charges of using a gun while under the influence of alcohol or...
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