South Carolina Lawyers Weekly articles from May 2009

South Carolina Lawyers Weekly archives from May 2009

Scrutiny of claims helps stretch Rule 608 funds in S.C.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck Payments for Rule 608 civil appointments may not dry up as early as officials at the S.C. Commission on Indigent Defense had feared -- and that may be in part because lawyers are being more careful about the expenses...

Young Lawyers Division gives back during Community Law Week in S.C.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck Question: Where can you find your colleagues painting and renovating playrooms, gathering books, donating clothing, collecting toys and writing wills for free throughout an entire week and beyond? Answer: All...

S.C. Supreme Court Case Summaries: May 4, 2009.
May 4, 2009... Byline: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Medical Examiners - Obstetrician - Public Reprimand - Education Requirement Osman v. South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation. (Lawyers Weekly No....

Is planning possible in these volatile times?
May 4, 2009... Byline: ED POLL One of my favorite quotes is by famed UCLA basketball coach John Wooden: "Failing to plan is planning to fail." Intuitively, we know this is true. Yet, in just the past year, so many old and successful organizations,...

Q&A with Columbia lawyer Fred Manning.(Fisher & Phillips partner)(Interview)
May 4, 2009... Byline: Diana Smith A partner in the Columbia office of Fisher & Phillips, Fred Manning handles employment law matters involving civil rights, contracts and wrongful-termination claims. He also lectures frequently on the finer points of...

S.C. Supreme Court offers guidance on admitting dog tracking evidence.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck A dispute over police dog tracking evidence has led the state Supreme Court to provide the first-ever guidelines for trial courts to use in determining whether such evidence is reliable. In an April 27 decision,...

New lawyers must get creative with job searches in South Carolina.
May 11, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck More than 130 lawyers will receive South Carolina law licenses this month after passing the February Bar exam, but whether there are jobs waiting out there for all of them is less certain. Spring graduates from...

Logrolling.(practice of bundling unrelated proposals)(South Carolina)
May 11, 2009... BY FRED HORLBECK Senior Staff Writer The S.C. Supreme Court has declared a 2008 state law invalid in a ruling aimed at halting legislative log-rolling, the practice of bundling unrelated proposals into one measure to ensure their passage....

South Carolina Supreme Court declares state log-rolling law invalid.
May 11, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck The S.C. Supreme Court has declared a 2008 state law invalid in a ruling aimed at halting legislative log-rolling, the practice of bundling unrelated proposals into one measure to ensure their passage. In a unanimous...

South Carolina Supreme Court revives old test for independent contractorships.
May 11, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck Old jurisprudence became new again as the S.C. Supreme Court reinstated a long-discarded test for determining whether a workers' comp claimant is an independent contractor or an employee. The court will no longer...

South Carolina Supreme Court to hear insurance coverage, zoning disputes.
May 11, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck The S.C. Supreme Court will be hold a hearing on a matter of first impression this week as a Greenville publisher of children's literature goes up against insurance companies in a battle over commercial general...

Commentary: 'interesting' doesn't do justice to most cases.(South Carolina)
May 18, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck Occasionally, when interviewing an attorney about a dispute he or she handled, I have remarked casually that it was an "interesting" case. To which the attorney has replied, in slightly aggrieved tones, "Well, I...

A Q&A interview with Columbia lawyer Ed Mullins.(Nelson, Mullins, Riley and Scarborough senior partner)(Interview)
May 18, 2009... Byline: Diana Smith Ed Mullins is a senior partner in the Columbia office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, where he has practiced since 1959. Here, he tells South Carolina Lawyers Weekly about how the firm has changed over the past...

Columbia holds on as state's big-firm capital.(South Carolina)
May 18, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck The results are in, and Columbia still maintains its crown as the unofficial mecca for the attorneys employed by the largest law firms in the Palmetto State. A South Carolina Lawyers Weekly survey of the state's...

South Carolina Supreme Court says Utah firm needed license to offer credit counseling in S.C.
May 18, 2009... Byline: Fred Horlbeck A Utah-based law firm that helps its clients repair inaccurate credit reports could not provide credit counseling services in South Carolina without a license required under a 2005 legislative act, the S.C. Supreme...