South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

BY JOHN GILLERAN Although “smart contracts” have been the subject of much discussion in the information technology field, the impact that they will have on the legal profession is not well known, in part because the capabilities of such contracts ...

Tagged with: Contract

Today’s corporate counsel must be much more than a good lawyer. More and more, that role calls for skills in project management and administration as well as the key element of protecting the organization from risk. That’s part of the ...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently issued policy guidance in its Policy Manual, which states that violating a federal controlled substance law, including marijuana use, remains a conditional bar to establishing good moral character for naturalization purposes, regardless ...

With more and more people working remotely, a common question that clients asked this past tax season was whether they are eligible to take the home office deduction. This is also referred to as business use of home. The qualifying ...

Smartphones have been around for 12 years now and during that time, they’ve become indispensable for many of us. They are small computers that we hold in the palms of our hands that provide us with access to the world. ...

Witness preparation and training is critically important. After all, evidence comes through witnesses. Bad witnesses, if they are prominent, can tank a case. Knowing where you stand with your witnesses and how they can help or hurt a story cannot ...

For most lawyers, email is their primary method of correspondence with clients, courts, opposing counsel and others. Over the years, we’ve become increasingly reliant on email because it’s a fairly simple and cost-effective way to communicate. Of course, as technology ...

Commas are the subtlest, briefest stops—shorter than a semicolon, a mere pause—intended to pass almost unnoticed in a sentence. They should not draw attention to themselves, but simply direct our focus, like lighting in an art gallery. Their job is ...

By Sharon L. Thornton BridgeTower Media Newswires The most important gift that you can leave your heirs is a well-thought-out transition of property. Circumstances change in life. It could be divorce, death, deciding to no longer enable grown children to ...

Tagged with: money management

BridgeTower Media Newswires The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received 7,609 sexual harassment charges in 2018, which represents a 13.6 percent increase from 2017. In the wake of the #MeToo movement, this is perhaps unsurprising. As a default position, many ...

Tagged with: complaints