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Lawyers on the Move
Cheves Smith Cannon Turner Padget Graham & Laney announced that Langdon Cheves III and Rhame B. “Chip” Cannon have joined the firm. Cheves practices in the areas of insurance litigation, personal...
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Nursing home blamed in death of late USC coach Jim Carlen
The day after his 79th birthday, former USC football coach Jim Carlen was sent to the Rice Estate, a nursing home in Columbia, for what was supposed to be a short stay. He was dead 10 days later. Now,...
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Speed camera backers: Safety is 1st, revenue 2nd
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — State lawmakers are taking aim at lead-footed drivers in New York City and Long Island with a proposal to authorize hundreds of speed cameras in school zones, a plan touted as a way...
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Judge’s Facebook post brings in cash for Detroit court
DETROIT, MI — A new amnesty program to collect on unpaid traffic tickets and other debts in Detroit is raking in some much-needed revenue — and a lot of the credit is going to a judge who used Facebook...
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Judge says flashing headlights is free speech
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Hauling a truckload of logs to a Southern Oregon mill last fall, Chris Hill noticed a sheriff’s deputy behind him and flashed his lights to warn a UPS driver coming the other...
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Get your employees to hang up and drive
As a society, we’re not getting any smarter in terms of cell phone use and driving. In my book More Secrets of the Business of Law, published in 2006, I discussed the first lawsuit that I’d heard about...
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No more service on a handshake
Until recently, many attorneys and the process servers they depend on have done business based solely on handshakes, making it one of the few aspects of modern life untouched by contracts. That once...
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S.C. Supreme Court OKs LegalZoom
South Carolina’s Supreme Court has adopted a judge’s finding that LegalZoom is not engaged in the unauthorized practice of law – making it the first court of its kind in the country to have given the...
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Legal groups rebuke RGA for ads targeting Sheheen
A recent ad campaign launched in South Carolina by the Republican Governors Association has brought several legal organizations to the front lines of what they call an attack on the legal profession....
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Passage rate for February Bar exam down
The pass rate for the February South Carolina Bar exam is down this year compared to last. Overall, 61.96 percent of the test takers passed, compared to 67.11 percent last year. For graduates of South...
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Special notice: Thirty-four attorneys were administratively suspended on April 25 for failing to file reports showing compliance with continuing legal education requirements, or failing to pay the...
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Former bank execs allege racism, defamation
An attorney for three ousted Certus Bank executives — now suing the bank they built into the largest minority operated financial institution in the country’s history — describes his clients as being...
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4th Circuit affirms employee’s rights in third-party harassment case
In a ruling that shores up its previously expressed inclinations, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday held that employers can be held liable for workplace harassment perpetrated by a...
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Seeking to mitigate the negative publicity swirling around his client ahead of a murder trial, defense attorney Charles Grose asked a judge to expand a gag order to include the victim’s mother, other...
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Anti-lawyer attack ads hurt NC candidate
It’s open season on lawyers with political aspirations in the Carolinas and U.S. congressional candidate David Rouzer has claimed the first kill. Rouzer, a federal lobbyist, defeated Wilmington trial...
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LendingTree downplays patent infringement verdict
Doug Lebda, the chairman, CEO and founder of Charlotte-based LendingTree.com, made a curious statement after losing a patent infringement case against three of his competitors, the most prominent of...
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Proponents for change say concern over cameras in federal court is unfounded
BOSTON, MA — Over the coming months, Boston’s Moakley Courthouse will host some of the most significant trials in state history. And virtually no one will get to see them. Consider the public...
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IRS expands “Fast Track Settlement” for small businesses
RICHMOND, Va., — The risk of a tax audit for a small-business client may be small, but that’s little comfort for the client who gets the call from the IRS. A business client facing an audit may find...
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Pharmacy settles suit over pill mix up for $700K
When you put a 74-year-old woman’s powerful sleeping pills into the wrong bottle bad things happen. The unfortunate woman in this case inadvertently overdosed on Ambien, which she thought was...
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$400K settlement in wrongful death case of man shot by ex-police chief
The family of a man shot and killed by the ex-police chief of Eutawville settled their claims against the town for $400,000. On March 15, 2011, Bernard Bailey’s daughter, Briana, received a traffic...
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