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Charleston attorney named to ABA committee
By Jason Thomas [email protected] Attorney Stephanie M. Brinkley has been appointed chair of the American Bar Association’s Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) Committee for the 2022-23 year. Brinkley founded her Charleston-based practice, Brinkley Law Firm, in 2011, with the firm’s main areas of concentration including fertility law, family law, and the unique area of military fa[...]
ABA, state bar honor volunteers
The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service recently recognized five South Carolina lawyers and two law firms for their contributions to Free Legal Answers, a virtual clinic offering free legal advice to income-eligible individuals across the country. The individual honorees are Tommy Geddings of Manning; Rebecca Wray of Greenville, and […]
ABA reminds us to play nice when lawyers leave
By Erin K. Higgins and Thomas E. Peisch Monday morning for a firm’s managing partner brings a request from one of his partners for a sit-down. This is followed by an announcement from the partner that she is leaving the firm to open the new office of a larger regional firm. The partner presents the […]
ABA considering tougher bar passage standards
While bar passage rates are dipping steadily, the American Bar Association is considering amendments to Standard 316 that would reduce the time for law schools to show, for accreditation purposes, that enough of their graduates are passing a bar exam. While the mandatory passage rate would remain at 75 percent for the time being, the […]
American Bar Association investigating Charleston School of Law
Charleston School of Law students and the faculty members who survived a recent layoff should expect to see a new face on campus soon – an investigator from the American Bar Association.
ABA officials to address SC Law Review Symposium
Some top officers from the American Bar Association are participating in a discussion in Columbia on the future of legal education.
Group pushes ABA to mandate diversity
The American Bar Association should include diversity as part of the group’s model rules for attorneys, according to a recent request from the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession. The IILP – a nonprofit with a goal of increasing diversity among lawyers – sent a letter to the ABA seeking to have the national legal organization update the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to p[...]
If laws go online-only, costly problems are sure to follow
The American Bar Association in February will be asked to endorse a proposed uniform law aiming at new standards for state government websites that host legal materials. The Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (UELMA) is proposed by the Uniform Laws Commission to address a trend, still in its infancy, of shuttering public printers and posting laws only online. But shifting an entire system of l[...]
ABA mulls stricter standards for law school job info
As American Bar Association leaders consider more exacting standards for law schools for reporting post-graduate salary and employment information, a new round of class action suits is ratcheting up the pressure on schools and the ABA to address allegations of fraud and misrepresentation. An ABA committee has recommended that an ABA council on legal education and bar admissions adjust its stand[...]
ABA study focuses new attention on legislation to allow nonlawyer firm ownership in NC
The American Bar Association is poised to endorse nonlawyer ownership of law firms, which could jump-start stalled legislation in North Carolina that calls for allowing alternative practice structures. The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 announced in early December that it was mulling tweaks to its model rules of professional conduct in response to U.S. firms increasingly doing business in count[...]
Value billing arrangements depend on lawyers and clients agreeing ‘We’re in this together’
The much-maligned billable hour is back under scrutiny. As attorneys continue to bounce back from the blows dealt by the recession, a client-driven fee structure known as value billing is beginning to gain traction across the country. It was a "standing room only" topic of discussion among lawyers at the American Bar Association's meeting earlier this month in Atlanta, according to ABA President S[...]
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
- 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
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- My goal: Provide the information that you need now
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
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