4th Circuit: City breached settlement agreement
Where the city of Charlotte resolved an employment discrimination suit with a firefighter but it failed to treat the employee’s payment as pension-eligible wages, it breached the agreement. The payment...
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Proactive measures can limit cyber threats
By Gina F. Rubel (Second in a series) Whether it is identifying ransomware, phishing schemes and data breach threats, or rolling out robust cybersecurity measures, comprehensive risk management...
View ArticleNavigating the ethics of digital advertising and solicitation
By Sari W. Montgomery In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, attorneys and law firms are increasingly turning to third-party marketing professionals, online platforms and social media for...
View ArticleOvertime ruling: Employers face decisions on pay and classification
A recent federal court decision has many employers breathing a sigh of relief, while others are now in a state of uncertainty regarding overtime pay. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...
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Plan now to grow your firm and yourself in ’25
By Jay Sullivan Some legal practice areas slow down at year-end, and some grow busier. There isn’t a typical “busy season” for the law. What never slows down is the need to reach out to clients and...
View ArticleVIDEO: Take needed steps before renting a property online
Joe Sandefur, of Morgan & Morgan, discusses some of the steps property owners need to take before renting their property through services such as Airbnb or Vrbo. The advice he offers includes: •...
View ArticleMake a plan, set up a team to deal with cyberattacks
By Gina Rubel (Last in a series) A comprehensive, well-developed incident response plan, or IRP, developed with risk assessments that identify potential threats and catalog and prioritize an...
View ArticleVIDEO: Legal concerns arise in evolving world of home rentals
Personal injury attorney Matthew Breen of Lowcountry Law doesn’t see them every day, but he knows that short-term rentals are causing an influx of cases. “You’d be surprised how many times it...
View ArticleSC Supreme Court approves permit to fill in creek for development
By Correy E. Stephenson The issues of stormwater runoff, a polluted urban creek and tidal flooding combined to create an extremely rare circumstance where it was in the public’s interest to approve a...
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Deer season or mediation season?
By Spencer Farris It is taxing to transition from a weekend in a deer stand to being back in the office. One has an uncomfortable seat with long, boring lulls and the phone rings at inopportune times....
View ArticlePlan today for ’26 end of the gift, estate tax exemptions
By Adam Tarleton, Sara Vizithum and Samantha Hovaniec Today’s federal estate and gift tax laws might be remembered as the most generous to wealthy families since the Great Depression. The 2017 Tax Cuts...
View Article4th Circuit: Contractor dodges liability in soldier’s lawsuit
Where a soldier injured in a suicide bombing at an overseas military base sued the military contractor for negligent supervision, entrustment and retention of the bomber, but the military retained...
View ArticleHome Accents Today acquires Furniture Lighting & Décor
Greensboro, N.C. — BridgeTower Media — the parent company of Home Accents Today, a sister publication of South Carolina Lawyers Weekly — last month acquired industry trade publication Furniture...
View ArticleKittredge designates chief judges of ‘summary courts’
State Chief Justice John W. Kittredge has named chief judges and associate chief judges for the state’s magisterial and municipal courts, which collectively are known as “summary courts,” an order...
View ArticleOnline portal offers means to request court transcripts
The South Carolina Judicial Branch has launched a new online transcript portal to streamline the process of requesting and managing court transcripts, a news release says. The portal’s goal is to...
View ArticleLegal symposium focuses on social media
The quick advance of social media in society will be the focus of the 17th annual Law & Society Symposium to be held next month in Charleston. Titled “Digital Delay: How to Address the Law’s Lag...
View ArticleSupreme Court sets interest rate paid on court orders
The South Carolina Supreme Court has set the interest rate to be paid for the year on money decrees and judgments. An order from the court dated Monday pegs the rate at 11.5% compounded annually. Under...
View ArticleFormer SCANA exec spared prison time
A former SCANA executive avoided going to prison when a federal judge reduced his sentence last week from an active sentence to home confinement, the South Carolina Daily Gazette news website reported....
View ArticleDemoted official’s lawsuit alleges whistleblower retaliation
A Jasper County school system official sued the school district, its board and other officials, alleging he was demoted after reporting conduct by former Superintendent Rechel Anderson. Wesley Terrill,...
View ArticleHappy New Year — or whatever
By Spencer Farris The holiday season is behind us, finally. My wife and I used to get out of town to escape the holiday hustle bustle. We didn’t manage that this year. Instead, I took my dog to a...
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