South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

More than 10 years have passed since legal scholar and researcher Randall Kiser and his colleagues published their famous study documenting how often, and at what cost, attorneys obtain a result worse than what could have been achieved by accepting ...

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Alexander A. Bove Jr. and Melissa Langa BridgeTower Media Newswires A first generation business owner experiences immense pride in taking a moment here and there to observe what the owner has built for his or her family and the business’s ...

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BY KARIN CIANO BridgeTower Media Newswires This year Santa dropped off an immense summary judgment brief just in time for the holidays—a great excuse to stay indoors and a chance to test out some technological assists for busy writers. Readers, ...

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What’s a value proposition? It’s what you are offering to provide in exchange for your fee. Your value proposition is your service, product or the experience of working with you. It’s not about your personal brand. It’s not about how ...

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  Movies and television shows featuring trials and other courtroom procedures have always been popular, and it is not surprising that, with the advent of modern technology, they have found their way into law school classrooms. In today’s world, just ...

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  Before she died, one of your long-term clients appointed you as trustee of a family trust for the benefit of her three children, currently ages 18, 23 and 28. As trustee, you are given absolute discretion over trust distributions, ...

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Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, far fewer taxpayers will itemize their deductions when filing their tax returns for 2018 and beyond. This has sent many charities into a bit of a panic as many would-be charitable givers may ...

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BY MATT PRINN BridgeTower Media Newswires In most requests for proposals that deal with the overall client-law firm relationship (as opposed to a matter-specific RFP), you will see questions asking law firms about “value-added” services. By value-added, they mean free. ...

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  Tired: Pontificating about how the legal profession will possibly cope with the scourge of Millennial lawyers. Inspired: Pontificating about how the legal profession will possibly cope with the scourge of “Generation Z” lawyers. Yes, the days of people complaining ...

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Should you ever get tired of law practice, you can always get a job as an internet survey interviewer. Clearly there is a lot of work available in that field. My email is replete with press releases commemorating the various ...

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