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Direct Examination: Podcast looks at the lighter side of law
Dayne Phillips, Amber Fulmer and Joseph Bias (left to right) started the podcast Direct Examination in an effort to showcase the lighter side of the law in South Carolina. Attorneys Amber Fulmer,...
View ArticleStigma wanes as more older Americans file for bankruptcy
While it may be said that the greatest wealth is to live content with little, this idea may be small consolation to the growing population of elderly Americans filing for personal bankruptcy. While...
View ArticleLab negligence case survives motion to dismiss
A federal lawsuit claiming a diagnostic lab’s incorrect DNA test results led to the death of a small child will be able to move forward, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Margaret Seymour...
View ArticleFor Baby Boomers, divorce is booming, too
This is the third in a series of articles looking at how the aging of America’s population is affecting the practice of law. Divorce rates in the United States have been on a steady decline for...
View ArticleCourt strikes down gag order in hog farm trials
A federal judge overstepped in imposing a sweeping gag order in a contentious series of nuisance lawsuits against the world’s largest pork producer, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled....
View ArticleBetter together: Local firms see a future in trend toward mergers
When Lawyers Weekly publishes its annual list of the largest law firms in the Carolinas next spring, some of the mainstays of the rankings will be bearing new names on their marquees, part of a growing...
View ArticleRetailer can be liable for selling defective gas cans
The mother of a young child who was severely burned when a portable gas container exploded can move forward with negligence claims against the retailer that sold the allegedly defective container,...
View ArticleRacial comments don’t overcome no-impeachment rule
An African-American defendant who was convicted of drug and firearm charges may not interview the convicting jurors for signs of racial animus, despite a juror’s statement that his peer expressed...
View ArticleLike Uber, but for suing people
An October update to a mobile phone app offers to allow users to “sue anyone for up to $25,000 by pressing a button.” The app is called DoNotPay, and while it has been around for some time, the...
View ArticleTitle VII doesn’t protect illegal collection of evidence
An employee cannot break the law in order to collect evidence in support of a workplace discrimination lawsuit, a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously ruled Nov. 15. Judge Diana Motz...
View ArticleInsurance fund members can pursue breach of duties claim
Members of the South Carolina Home Builders Self Insurers Fund can go forward with a lawsuit which alleges its Board of Trustees breached their fiduciary duties by attempting to use its assets to...
View ArticleCouple must pay fees, despite leaving club
Membership documents signed by a Beaufort County couple require them to continue to pay thousands of dollars in dues and fees to a social club, even though they resigned from it, the South Carolina...
View ArticleBright-line 10-year limit to execute judgments is back
Creditors seeking to execute a judgment must do so within 10 years or forfeit that right, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled. The court’s Nov. 21 opinion overruled its previous decision in...
View ArticleInsurer won’t defend wife of alleged sex abuser
An insurance company won’t have to defend the wife of an accused sexual abuser who is being sued over claims that she negligently allowed her husband to continue abusing a young girl in their home, the...
View ArticleManslaughter conviction tossed over Miranda violation
A Greenville man convicted of manslaughter has been given another day in court after the South Carolina Court of Appeals found that his confessions were obtained illegally. The court said that...
View ArticleSuit over arbitrator’s bias revived
Federal courts have the power to hear a motion to vacate or modify an arbitration award in any dispute where they would have the power to hear a motion to compel arbitration, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court...
View ArticleJ.D. + M.B.A.: They can be a good match, but there are things to consider
While the practice of law is the primary business of attorneys, some attorneys are now seeing the benefits of learning the practices of businesses. To that end, law firms that serve business clients...
View ArticleBehind the times
Magistrates and solicitors in York County are in open conflict about whether state law allows members of same-sex couples to bring criminal domestic violence charges against abusive partners. County...
View ArticleA year after Kozinski, what’s changed?
It’s been one year since 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski retired in the face of allegations of improper sexual conduct and abusive practices toward colleagues and law clerks....
View ArticleSheriff is qualified, despite serving out of state
The sheriff of McCormick County can hold onto his badge. Clarke Stearns, the county’s top cop, meets the state’s minimum education and experience qualifications for the post despite having spent most...
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