South Carolina Lawyers Weekly articles from April 2009

South Carolina Lawyers Weekly archives from April 2009

Commentary: finding the right person for the right job.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Cheryl J. Leone and David W. Favor You can't hire the right person unless you are hiring the right person for the right job. We all have those valuable lessons that are wake-up calls. There was a legal secretary who was the...

Commentary: the recession and workers' comp: intertwined fates.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Matthew R. Cook The United States is in one of the worst economic downturns since the Great Depression of the 1930s. As with many distressing life events, the nation initially viewed the recession with a strong sense of denial. ...

A Q&A interview with South Carolina attorney Andy Savage.(criminal defense lawyer)(Interview)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Diana Smith Over the years, criminal defense attorney Andrew Savage III has represented clients in widely publicized trials across the state, including the ongoing case against alleged Al-Qaeda sleeper agent Ali Al-Marri. Here,...

Hoping for best, S.C. solicitors brace for worst: state budget cuts raise spectre of layoffs.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck Picture this: Economic woes render South Carolina citizens vulnerable to financial difficulties they can't fix. Desperation leads to more crime; more crime leads to more prosecutions; and the court system is busier...

S.C. Supreme Court blasts 'unnecessary litigation'.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck Environmental regulators' approval of a Lowcountry dock that violated state regulations drew a stinging rebuke from the S.C. Supreme Court in an opinion scolding the state Department of Health and Environmental...

36 lawyers suspended for missing second CLE deadline in S.C.(continuing legal education)
April 13, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck Most Palmetto State attorneys who missed the S.C. Bar's first deadline for CLE compliance have managed to meet the second and final deadline, saving themselves the trouble of being suspended and seeking reinstatement....

4th Circuit rules FEMA lawyer wrongfully sanctioned under Rule 11.(Federal Emergency Management Agency)
April 13, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck A federal district court should not have sanctioned a lawyer under Rule 11 for comments she made during a hearing because the rule applies to oral statements only in very limited circumstances, the U.S. Fourth Circuit...

Judge awards millions more to men burned in Seneca chemical fire.(South Carolina)
April 13, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck A multi-million-dollar verdict for three workers injured in a 2004 chemical explosion in Seneca has defense lawyers pondering their options days after a circuit judge more than doubled the award for two of the...

S.C. Court of Appeals rules res judicata bars change-of-condition comp claim.
April 13, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck A man who received workers' comp benefits for an injury to his right leg and hip was barred by res judicata from collecting benefits for a later disability he said was caused by the original injury, the state Court of...

Q&A interview with Columbia lawyer Jay Elliott.(South Carolina)(Interview)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Diana Smith John D. "Jay" Elliott is an attorney in private practice in Columbia. He is a recipient of the American Bar Association Pro Bono Publico award, as well as the ABA John Minor Wisdom award for his work in improving the...

Judge's stay in S.C. likely ends comp oversight dispute with governor.
April 20, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck A lawyer for an injured worker who challenged Gov. Mark Sanford over executive orders to the S.C. Workers' Compensation Commission says a federal judge's order staying the case was a victory for judicial independence....

S.C. Lawyers in the News: April 20, 2009.
April 20, 2009... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Briefly... Clements Bernard has named Seth L. Hudson of Greenville as a partner of the Charlotte, N.C., intellectual property firm. He manages the acquisition and enforcement of patents,...

U.S. District Judge Henry F. Floyd boosts award in trademark dispute over toy names.
April 20, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck A $3.7 million award in a trademarkinfringement case pitting a Greenville publisher of children's literature against toymaker Mattel Inc. focused on one word: "Say." Say again? Plaintiff Super Duper, Inc.,...

Commentary: quill & parchment: sometimes a burp is more polite than silence.
April 20, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck Two lawyers, two very different approaches to telephone conversations. It starts like this: A journalist, seeking information for a story, telephones a lawyer let's call him Lawyer A. He introduces himself and...

S.C. Court of Appeals Case Summaries: April 20, 2009.
April 20, 2009... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Res Judicata - Trusts & Estates - Real Property - Partition - Waste - Broken Dam Judy v. Judy. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-068-09, 5 pp.) (Cureton, A.J.) Appealed from...

S.C. Supreme Court Case Summaries: April 20, 2009.
April 20, 2009... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Retroactive Disbarment - Trust Accounts - Inadequate Records - Mishandling Client Funds In re Smalls. (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-059-09, 3 pp.) (Per Curiam) S.C. S. Ct. ...

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: April 20, 2009.
April 20, 2009... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Car Loan - 'Hanging Paragraph' - Ch. 13 Wells Fargo Financial Acceptance v. Price. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-074-09, 20 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 07-2185, April 13, 2009; USDC at...

Commentary: Portia faces life: debate in 1920s started career path for state's oldest lawyer.(South Carolina)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Ruth W. Cupp Grace A. White of Beaufort was born in 1910 and is this state's oldest lawyer. She was a tax attorney and, only two years ago, she filed her own tax returns. Until about two years ago, she annually paid her...

Univ. of S.C., Columbia School of Law show improvement on February Bar exam.
April 27, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck After weeks or months of study followed by just as much waiting and worrying, 136 would-be Palmetto State lawyers who took the February Bar exam can relax: The results are in, and they passed. Next stop: The...

Verdicts & settlements April 27, 2009: CT scan case settles for $3.25M.(South Carolina)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck A proposed $3.25 million settlement is awaiting a York County court's approval in a suit against three medical practices and seven doctors accused of malpractice in the death of a Chester County woman, according to a...

S.C. Supreme Court rules DUI suspect not prejudiced by reading of consent form.(driving under the influence)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck Although a DUI suspect neither read nor signed an implied-consent form, the state still could suspend his driver's license because a law-enforcement officer read the form to him, the S.C. Supreme Court has ruled. ...

Q&A with Hilton Head Island solo practitioner Dustin Lee.(South Carolina)(Interview)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Diana Smith A 2008 graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law, Dustin Lee recently opened a solo practice in Hilton Head Island. Here, he tells South Carolina Lawyers Weekly about finding the courage to take such a...