South Carolina Lawyers Weekly articles

Recent articles from South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

S.C. Bar's proposal to up e-CLE limit rejected.(continuing legal education)
July 6, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck The state Supreme Court's Commission on CLE and Specialization has voted against an S.C. Bar proposal to raise the annual limit on electronic CLE hours. The decision reflected the low percentage of Bar members who take electronic CLEs, said Mary Germack, the...

S.C. Bar's Ethics Advisory Committee: closing lawyer not automatically lender's.
July 6, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck A lawyer for a borrower in a standard real estate closing does not automatically represent a lender simply because the lender supplies him with closing instructions, the S.C. Bar's Ethics Advisory Committee has ruled. In one of three recent opinions, the...

Q&A with Greenville trucking attorney Rob Moseley.(Smith Moore Leatherwood)(South Carolina)(Interview)
July 6, 2009... Byline: Diana Smith Greenville attorney Rob Moseley leads Smith Moore Leatherwood's transportation industry group, where he represents trucking companies and their insurance carriers. He recently became a legal commentator for BigTruckTV.com, an online resource about the industry. ...

Car buyers settle claims over too-good-to-be-true offers from South Carolina dealerships.
July 6, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck More than 300 car buyers have settled with two Upstate auto dealerships and other defendants in a federal lawsuit claiming fraudulent marketing and business practices. That hefty number of clients might well have merited the services of several large firms, but...

S.C. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: July 6, 2009.
July 6, 2009... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Practice Evidence - Hearsay - Purpose - Murder & Sexual Assault - Kidnapping Sentence State v. Vick. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-114-09, 9 pp.) (Thomas E. Huff, J.) Appealed from Spartanburg County Circuit Court. (J. Derham Cole,...