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Criminal Practice – Lewd Act upon a Minor – Mental Health Expert/Forensic Interviewer – Continuance Motion
State v. Barrett (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-032-16, 10 pp.) (John Geathers, J.) Appealed from Beaufort County Circuit Court (Kristi Lea Harrington, J.) S.C. App. Holding: Although our Supreme Court has cautioned against allowing the person who examined a child victim to also testify about the characteristics of victims, the court did not outright prohibit this […]
Civil Rights — No Clear Standard on Mental Health Detention
Raub v. Campbell (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-078-15, 23 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 14-1277, April 29, 2015; USDC at Richmond, Va. (Hudson, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A mental health evaluator has qualified immunity in this civil rights suit filed by an ex-Marine who was detained for seven days based on the evaluator’s recommendation to a Virginia […]
Prisoner advocates, SCDC reach agreement
It’s too early to call it a settlement. Or even a deal. This is an agreement to possibly reach an agreement. But it represents a significant thaw in relations between the South Carolina Department of Corrections and a statewide advocacy group representing mentally ill inmates who sued the agency for mistreatment.
Charleston VA dedicates $10M mental health center
CHARLESTON (AP) — The Ralph Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Charleston is opening its new $10 million mental health research center. Dr. Carolyn Clancy, the interim undersecretary for health with the VA, is the guest speaker at the Monday ribbon-cutting. The new 16,000-square-foot addition to the medical center has laboratory space as well as […]
Civil Practice – Discovery – Mental Exam – Plaintiff’s Allegations
Wellin v. Wellin Where plaintiff has alleged that he was in a “compromised mental state” when he made gifts of $10 million to each of his children in 2013 and that he was “vulnerable and unable to appreciate the complexities” of the November 2009 transaction that ceded his ownership interest in Friendship Partners, LP to the Wellin Family 2009 Irrevocable Trust, plaintiff’s rep[...]
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
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- 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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