South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Thomas M. Christina, a shareholder in the Greenville office of Ogletree, Deak-ins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, has been reappointed as a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s employee benefits committee for 2008-2009. The committee comprised of health-care providers, benefits ...

This week was lighter than a hot air balloon over a jet engine, with just one published Supreme Court opinion and one published Court of Appeals opinion, plus some unpublished decisions and rulings from the Workers’ Compensation Commission and the ...

South Carolina has a number of monumental legal edifices that its citizens can take pride in. The State House’s pleasing aesthetics make it one of the most impressive capitol buildings in the nation and second to none in history. How ...

In January 2000, a multi-continental shipping corporation, Nordana, told Charleston’s longshoremen’s union, “Go to hell. There are beggars down on the dock that will unload the containers for peanuts.” The newly released book On the Global Waterfront details the legal ...

I’ve written previously about the trends by which legal services increasingly come to be seen as commodities or products. Truth be told, clients can’t tell the difference among lawyers — once you have your law degree and are called to ...

If you make the decision to leave your firm and strike out on your own, be prepared. In my experience coaching lawyers (and entrepreneurs) who are opening their new ventures, it takes five years to get any new business — ...

Briefly… Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte attorneys Grady L. Beard, Marcy J. Lamar, and Daniel W. Hayes have co-authored the fifth edition of The Law of Workers’ Compensation Insurance in South Carolina. Passage of the Workers’ Compensation Reform Act of ...

If, like me, you are regularly on the road, the connectedness offered by today’s wireless technology makes travel feasible because it keeps you in touch and in control of your business. Every road warrior has favorite tech tools, but I ...

Briefly… Cherie W. Blackburn has joined Nexsen Pruet as a partner in its Charleston office. She will practice with the employment and labor law group. Blackburn has more than 20 years of experience in employment and business litigation. She routinely ...

All of the want-to-be judges in the state need to sit on the front row at a forum titled “Judicial Selection in South Carolina: Ensuring Quality, Independence and Diversity on the Bench.” This forum and a reception will be held ...