Top Verdicts & Settlements of 2021
Our Top Verdicts & Settlements list for 2021 is the first—and, hopefully, only—list that was fully impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As that year began, none of us really knew what it had in store for the legal profession. But as it turned out, our 2021 list ably demonstrates the resiliency of the legal profession […]
Largest Law Firms 2021
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Immunized: No slowdown seen in Top V&S of 2020
The thing that really jumps out at you about South Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s list of the Top Verdicts & Settlements of 2020 is how utterly ordinary it is. There are slightly fewer verdicts than is typical, but nothing about the list would give you any indication that anything unusual was going on in 2020, or […]
Go To Lawyers 2021
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Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- Stericycle decision forces evaluation of policies, practices
- Are workplace DEI policies still legal after SCOTUS decisions?
- Court cases add new twists to legal language
- It’s all business, especially the busyness
- Virginia Tech student got due process in hearing
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched