September 25, 2009
Any bride-to-be who expects that her intended will be satisfied with once-a-week vanilla sex is either too young or naive to get married. We men
South Carolina Supreme Court allows writ of certiorari to challenge discovery order
September 22, 2009
The September 21, 2009 Supreme Court opinion in Hollman v. Woolfson, 384 S.C. 571, 683 S.E.2d 495 (2009) approves an unusual use of a writ of certiorari:
Maybe they shouldn’t hear voting rights cases?
September 22, 2009
The September 21, 2009 Supreme Court opinion in Financial Federal v. Brown, 384 S.C. 555, 683 S.E.2d 486 (2009) contains an anomaly: Justice Beatty’s “majority” opinion received
Orange juice and toast: Creating maximum damage from partial answers in depositions
September 21, 2009
If I am deposing a hostile witness or opposing party, I often start with an innocuous line of questioning I call “orange juice and toast.”
How family court law on payment of attorneys fees alters negotiation strategy
September 21, 2009
In a typical negotiation each party’s initial offer is the least generous offer they might hope the other party will accept. The rationale behind such
Could a different priority on custody factors lead to reduced acrimony between estranged parents?
September 20, 2009
In Beyond the Best Interests of the Child (1973), authors Anna Freud (Sigmund Freud’s daughter), Joseph Goldstein and Albert Solnit recommend that in a typical
Seeking criminal contempt for denied visitation
September 20, 2009
A few months ago I prosecuted a rule to show cause in which the mother had refused to let my client (her ex-husband) take the
The problematic jurisprudence of uncitable appellate opinions in the internet era
September 18, 2009
Why should appellate courts be able to overrule or alter the decisions of lower courts? Why should they have the authority to make important and
