South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Those are scary words especially at a law firm, where maintaining client confidentiality is required under the rules of professional conduct. That said, LexisNexis has released a survey with some surprising results pertaining to data security at law firms. According ...

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The University of South Carolina School of Law held its commencement on May 9 for its 192 graduates. Charleston School of Law held its commencement on May 11 for 162 graduates. South Carolina Lawyers Weekly congratulates the Class of 2014.

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It has happened to everyone — you hit send on an email and immediately wish you were able to delete it. Two Harvard law students have developed a way to claw that email back through a service called Pluto Mail. ...

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Smith Moore Leatherwood is pleased to announce that Greensboro attorney Julie Earp has been named the new chair of the firm’s management committee. Earp is the first female managing partner for the firm and one of the few nationally to lead a regional ...

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You know the old phrase, “The customer is always right.” Unfortunately for a Gastonia woman the phrase did not prove to be true. Bevalente Michette Hall, 37 claimed she ordered a flatizza — or flatbread pizza — at a Subway restaurant, ...

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In a statement expressing its disappointment, Infilaw officials said Tuesday that the decision by a committee of the Commission on Higher Education to reject its bid to buy the Charleston School of Law came as a surprise. The for-profit consortium said ...

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Maybe some enterprising South Carolina attorney should specialize in defending people who drop trou in public. At least two defendants would have been in the market for their services last week after both were caught with their pants down. One ...

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The family of a man shot and killed by the ex-police chief of Eutawville settled their claims against the town for $400,000. On March 15, 2011, Bernard Bailey’s daughter, Briana, received a traffic ticket during a stop. Briana called her ...

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Turner Padget Graham & Laney announced that Franklin Shuler Jr., a certified specialist in employment and labor law, will be honored by the South Carolina Bar’s Labor and Employment Law Section as the 2014 recipient of the Distinguished Lawyer Award. Nexsen ...

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The widow of a man who died after suffering a heart attack at a fitness center run by the City of Aiken has settled claims against the city and its safety training contractor for $950,000. Navia Wilhelm alleged that improper ...

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