South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

By Christopher F. Earley We’ve all been there. We hire someone we really believe will be a great hire. Soon, though, it becomes clear it is not a good fit. I had to make the really tough decision of letting ...

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BY PAT MURPHY A federal rules committee recently moved forward with an amendment that re-emphasizes and clarifies a judge’s duties as gatekeeper with respect to the expert testimony that may be considered in a case. On April 30, the Judicial ...

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Warm weather, sandy beaches, sunsets … so many visions of idyllic summer vacations were seemingly washed away in the COVID-19 wave of 2020. However, with distancing, quarantine, and other similar restrictions now being loosened in several states, the thought of ...

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By Nicole Black The shift to remote work was an abrupt and unexpected change for most businesses, including law firms. For that reason, it didn’t always go smoothly. However, over time, most legal profession employers were eventually able to work ...

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By Rackham Karlsson Tech companies take notice: The copyrightability of software application programming interfaces, or APIs, is on shaky constitutional ground. Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc., the most closely watched copyright case in recent memory, called on the U.S. ...

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By Thomas I. Elkind  For many years, companies have required consumers and employees to sign contracts containing arbitration clauses that prohibit them from filing class action claims and require them to waive jury trials.   The history of how this trend developed ...

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By Tanisha Palvia, Brooks Pierce  Adjusting to life during a global pandemic, we have found ways to effectively do almost everything remotely—even depositions. Online depositions will likely remain in use long after the pandemic has passed, especially since more attorneys have ...

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The seeds of this article were planted during a discussion about the overwhelming number of meetings via videoconferencing. To be fair, it has been impressive what businesses have done to rapidly pivot during this pandemic. For the remote worker, we’ve ...

By Edward C. Bassett Jr. The right to a jury trial is a central feature of the U.S. Constitution. It is considered a fundamental principle of the American legal system. A jury of your peers is supposed to even the ...

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Although we’re still very much in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, an end appears to be in sight. And even though we’re progressing back to some semblance of “normal,” businesses will continue to experience the collateral effects of the ...