South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

  The law firm Smith Moore Leatherwood has announced that it will merge with the national law firm Fox Rothschild effective Nov. 1. Smith Moore has six offices, including one in Greenville, which will bear the Fox Rothschild name after ...

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The South Carolina Court has declared the days of Tuesday, Sept. 11 through Friday, Sept. 21 to be statewide “holidays” for the purposes of computing time under various statewide rulebooks, meaning that attorneys will have more time to meet deadlines ...

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It is, in some ways, a challenging time to be an attorney, especially if your clients are corporations. Companies are scrutinizing legal bills and putting downward pressure on legal department budgets. Law firms are having to find evermore inventive ways ...

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A mortuary transport business’s ability to operate in the area around Lexington County passed away Aug. 29 due to a non-compete clause, after a brief battle in the South Carolina Supreme Court. Knight Systems in West Columbia sells body bags ...

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The pilot program for the electronic filing of documents in the courts of common pleas is taking another step toward completion, as the South Carolina Supreme Court announced Sept. 6 that the program would be extended to Florence County, effective ...

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Attorney: Mark E. Schnee Location: Columbia Bar membership: Member since 2006 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law until further notice on September 10 Background: The Supreme Court suspended Schnee’s license to practice law until further order and appointed ...

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Legal Upheaval: A Guide to Creativity, Collaboration, and Innovation in Law. Michele DeStefano. American Bar Association. 282 pages. $34.95 Browse through the business section of any bookstore and you’ll find shelves full of paeans to entrepreneurship, but much less ink is ...

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  “Move fast and break things” might do as a mantra for tech startups, but not so much for law firms, especially when the things that get broken are federal laws. A Columbia law firm now finds itself on the ...

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  The new owner of a window-maker that was auctioned off in a bankruptcy sale isn’t liable for defective windows the company made before being liquidated, even though the company kept mostly the same officers after being sold, the South ...

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Attorney: Suzanna Rachel MacLean Location: Sumter Bar membership: Member since 2012 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice until further notice on August 24 Background: The Supreme Court suspended MacLean’s license to practice law until further order and appointed a special ...

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