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SC company wins $925K in contract dispute with concrete block maker
A federal judge has ordered an out-of-state concrete block maker to pay more than $925,000 in damages and interest to a South Carolina company called Keystone Northeast. The case centered on whether...
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4th Circuit says prison guard can’t sue cellphone companies
A former South Carolina prison guard, seriously injured after an alleged “hit” attempt orchestrated by a prisoner via a cellphone, won’t be able to sue cellphone service providers or owners of...
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Federal judge tosses arbitration ruling, says company doesn’t have to re-hire...
It’s fleetingly rare to see a federal judge overturn an arbitration award, much less see one do so with the enthusiasm displayed by U.S. District Court Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks in a decision last...
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Conduct under scrutiny: Former lawyer for N.Charleston shooting suspect...
From lawyers and legal scholars to news columnists and random bloggers, it seems that just about everyone has been piling criticism on the young Charleston criminal defense attorney who parted ways...
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Settlement offers no precedent on AdWords issue
That’s one lawsuit settled and 62 left to go. A two-lawyer law firm in Hilton Head Island has settled a lawsuit brought by two timeshare developers over the firm’s use of the companies’ names as...
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Carolinas lawyers involved in $50M whistleblower settlement
A pair of lawyers from the Carolinas played a role in securing more than $50 million in payments to settle three whistleblower suits against two medical blood-testing companies accused of paying...
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Lawyers on the move
Pope Zeigler, a public finance and governmental law firm with offices in Columbia, Charlotte, and Spartanburg, has changed its corporate name to Pope Flynn following the departure of one of the firm’s...
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Flat earth theory: the future of billing
Traci Gentilozzi and Phillip Bantz The billable hour. For decades, these words have struck fear in the hearts of big firm lawyers and their clients. But the days of the billable hour may be waning, as...
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Chair-elect hopes to bring fresh perspective to Womble Carlyle
Elizabeth Temple, better known to her family, friends and colleagues as “Betty,” has spent her entire 25-year legal career with the same firm. That is, after the firm she first worked for merged with...
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
From Raleigh and Charlotte to Columbia and Myrtle Beach, signs of economic recovery include the bustle of construction workers and the whirr of bulldozers as both residential and commercial buildings...
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-1- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough (1 in 2014) Total number of S.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1: 211 (203 in 2014) S.C. locations and number of attorneys at each: Charleston 35, Columbia 119,...
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Ups and downs for largest law firms in 2015
While South Carolina’s largest law firms are still feeling the effects of a turbulent economy, many are starting to fill new markets and practice areas that are trending upward. Transactional law and...
View ArticleBar Discipline Roundup: Mt. Pleasant attorney disbarred, Greenville lawyer...
Attorney: William Joseph Cutchin Location: Mt. Pleasant Bar membership: Member since 1998 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on April 22 Background: Cutchin was retained to prepare a will and trust for a...
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People analytics companies seek to use science, data to improve how law firms...
Spend any time talking to people who work in the field of “people analytics” about what they do, and before long someone is bound to reference Michael Lewis’ book “Moneyball.” The book chronicles the...
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I’m Back: Fight over records in James Brown case returns to trial court
Freelance journalist Sue Summer had her toothbrush and other essentials packed in preparation for the worst. Her bag also contained a gift from her daughter, the memoir “Orange Is The New Black: My...
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Lawyers on the Move — April 2015
Fisher & Phillips, a labor and employment law firm, has announced the addition of attorney Michael C. Greene to its Columbia office. Greene, a Wofford College graduate who went on to earn his law...
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Appeals court OKs drug seizure after cops search backyard on anonymous tip
In a ruling of first impression, the South Carolina Court of Appeals has reversed a trial judge’s decision to throw out drug evidence seized during a warrantless search of a defendant’s backyard....
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CSL up, others steady, on Feb. bar exam
Results for February’s South Carolina bar exam were released May 1, and Charleston School of Law saw a marked improvement in its passage rates compared to 2014, while the rest of the field looked...
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Lawyers on the Move — May 2015
Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow member P. Jason Reynolds has been named a Super Lawyers South Carolina Rising Star for the second year in a row, and associate Ryan Holt has been named a Super Lawyers...
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New federal courts offer more opportunity for redemption
In 2010, amid handwringing over the $13 trillion national debt, a stagnant economy, and newly announced pay freezes for civilian federal workers, a U.S. magistrate judge in Charleston was given a...
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