South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Slug-’em-out, take-no-prisoners politics is nothing unique to the American system. In fact, our system is tame when compared to those contemporary and historical. In Turkey the dominant political party, the AKP, has allegedly trumped up coup charges against rivals in ...

A coaching client recently asked for help with a dilemma. He had the opportunity to enhance the profitability of his practice by adding the services of a lawyer who focused in a very specialized field of health law. The problem ...

We all know about the NIMBY syndrome. You know some corporate suits show up from nowhere and announce plans for a new coal plant next to a Civil War battlefield, and everybody’s suddenly up in arms, all yelling, “Not in ...

Stealing by one’s own employees is a grim reality that many organizations find difficult to face. Further, many companies take a reactive approach to fraud prevention only after they’ve been a victim. Embezzlement can be a problem even at law ...

Summertime means vacations, dinner on the grill and summer interns at the office. For sole practitioners and small-firm lawyers in a tight economy, it’s tempting to hire an unpaid intern looking for resume experience. But recent guidance from the Department ...

When speaking at a recent conference, I suggested that the successful law firm of the future will use technology to create and enhance its effort at knowledge management. The firm that is able to retrieve its pre-existing knowledge and use ...

Simply stated, cloud computing is Internet-based computing. Shared software and information are provided to customers on demand. I recently heard a great explanation on a radio program during which the reporter responded to the question, “What is cloud computing?” by ...

Former U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings is not writing his autobiography, so says his paralegal. When one asks Fritz about his memoirs, he just laughs, but he doesn’t speak up and say, “I am not writing my autobiography.” He keeps ...

Senior lawyers in small firms may well be much better positioned for retirement than their counterparts in large firms because of the retirement value of their practices. Every firm represents an investment of years of hard work and financial resources ...

Earlier this month I had the privilege to attend a local alumni event sponsored by my alma mater, Albany Law School: “Successes and Challenges Facing Women Attorneys.” It featured Lauren Stiller Rikleen, attorney and author of “Ending the Gauntlet: Removing ...