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Attorneys – Tort/Negligence – Legal Malpractice – Withdrawal – Agency
Tuten v. Joel (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-104-14, 15 pp.) (John Few, Ch. J.) (John Geathers, J., concurring) Appealed from Aiken County Circuit Court (Doyet Early III, J.) S.C. App. Holding: A lawyer who closed his South Carolina office never actually withdrew from representing the plaintiff-client. A letter from a former associate to the client did […]
Civil Practice – Failure to Prosecute – Attorneys – Withdrawal
Lee v. n-Link Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-152-14, 14 pp.) (Cameron McGowan Currie, Sr. J.) 3:12-cv-02109; D.S.C. Holding: Where plaintiff was clearly on notice (1) of four long-pending motions for sanctions and summary judgment, (2) of the court’s warning that the deadlines for responding to those motions would not be extended, and (3) that the […]
Partnership – Agreement – Withdrawal – Lost ‘Rights’
Pellegrin v. Berthelsen Even though the parties’ partnership agreement takes away a partner’s “rights” once he withdraws from the partnership, this provision of the agreement does not prohibit plaintiff - a former partner who withdrew from the partnership — from suing his former partners for partnership dissolution/forced buy-out; breach of fiduciary duty; breach of contract; an[...]
Civil Practice – Attorneys – Withdrawal — Default Judgment – Motion to Set Aside
ITC Commercial Funding, LLC v. Crerar In two letters to appellant, Georgia attorney John West explained that he was not authorized to practice law in South Carolina and that appellant needed to find new counsel. Even if West did not comply with Rule 1.2(c) of the Rules of Professional Conduct, the trial court was not required to consider the RPC in determining whether West acted with reas[...]
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
- 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
- N.C. Bar Association embraces homophobia
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