Stoney v. Stoney (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-005-18, 3 pp.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Orangeburg County Family Court (Peter Nuessle, J.) On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. S.C. S. Ct. Holding: The Court of Appeals erred by applying ...

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Sanfilippo v. Brewerton (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-204-17, 7 pp.) (Richard Mark Gergel, J.) 2:17-cv-00183; D.S.C. Holding: Plaintiff’s claims are based on defendant’s testimony before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, but, as a witness, defendant has absolute immunity from plaintiff’s ...

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Brown v. Elliott (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-205-17, 16 pp.) (Diana Gribbon Motz, J.) 16-2214; Nov. 21, 2017; USDC at Columbia, S.C. (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Even if Deputy Elliott was not being dragged by a truck when the truck’s passenger ...

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Lawrence v. General Panel Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-198-17, 5 pp.) (Richard Mark Gergel, J.) 2:17-cv-00600; D.S.C. Holding: Allegedly defective structural insulated panels manufactured by defendant were installed in plaintiff’s home in March 2007, and the certificate of occupancy was ...

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Conits v. Conits (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-064-17, 3 pp.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Greenville County Family Court (David Guyton, J.) On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. S.C. S. Ct. Holding: The defendant-husband has consistently contended that he ...

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Directory Assistants, Inc. v. Shay (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-077-17, 6 pp.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Orangeburg County Circuit Court (Edgar Dickson, J.) S.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Where defendant failed to appear in a Connecticut court or to follow Connecticut’s law ...

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Nutramax Laboratories, Inc. v. Nutra Max Labs Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-179-17, 13 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 0:17-cv-01924; D.S.C. Holding: Where (1) defendant uses a name confusingly similar to plaintiff’s registered trademark in a “free trial” scam in which ...

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SAS Institute, Inc. v. World Programming Ltd. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-189-17, 34 pp.) (J. Harvie Wilkinson III, J.) No. 16-1808; Oct. 24, 2017; USDC at Raleigh, N.C. (Louise Flanagan, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A software developer can pursue its claim ...

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KBC Asset Management NV v. 3D Systems Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-163-17, 16 pp.) (Mary Geiger Lewis, J.) 0:15-ccv-02393; D.S.C. Holding: Even though defendants made a partial disclosure on July 31, 2014, plaintiff’s subsequent purchases do not subject it to ...

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Polfliet v. Rodriguez (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-162-17, 13 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 5:16-cv-03358; D.S.C. Holding: Plaintiffs challenge defendants’ revocation of plaintiff Kimiki’s (plaintiff Polfliet’s stepson’s) visa based on Polfliet’s pre-visa child pornography conviction. However, since the revocation of the ...

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