South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

BY MEGAN PAQUIN Earlier this year, when crisis management was declared one of the top practice areas for 2020, no one would have predicted that law firms would be facing an existential crisis of their own. The COVID-19 crisis has ...

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BY MELODY BREEDEN The COVID-19 pandemic has created a number of challenges for estate planning attorneys. Estate planning is normally very client-centered, with in-person office conferences to go over the client’s objectives and assets and make an initial assessment about ...

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BY SAAD GUL and MIKE SLIPSKY The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in its first Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) case, Van Buren v. United States. CFAA is the federal anti-hacking law that the criminal defense and civil liberties ...

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By Douglas Lineberry Trademarks are essential to your business client’s brand, and knowing the twists and turns of trademark prosecution is imperative to brand longevity. Without protecting trademarks, the client is not protecting how consumers recognize their goods/services and return ...

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By Teresa Niederwmmer “This too shall pass” is a common phrase we hear during times like these. As attorneys, we are trained to evaluate the current state of things and prepare for what may come next. Many law firms are ...

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BY DAVE POSTON While attorneys have made great strides in recent years expanding remote worker policies and capabilities, as well as having a newfound commitment toward wellness, COVID-19 forced immediate implementation upon the legal industry. Timelines vary, but we could ...

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By Robert J. Kerwin As we all well know, COVID-19 is upon us and the World Health Organization has officially declared we are living during a pandemic. Few medical authorities at this point are willing to speculate exactly when the ...

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BY KELSEY MAYO and HANNAH MUNN  The landscape for attorneys has been changing quickly in the wake of COVID-19. Many are seeing an influx of inquiries from clients asking how they can best protect their employees and businesses while living ...

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Client A has just called and asked if he can request Employee 70, who happens to be 70 years old and firmly within the at-risk group of people for the COVID-19 virus, not to come work for fear that he ...

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There are certain books, movies, and songs that are timelier than ever today. There are scenes in both the novel and the movie Jaws, for instance, where Chief Brody is imploring a skeptical Mayor Vaughan to close down the beaches ...

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