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11/19/19  |  Construction Law and Litigation

How to Preserve and Enforce a Mechanic’s Lien in SC

A mechanic’s lien is a construction lien created by statute to protect contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and laborers “to whom a debt is due for labor performed or furnished or for materials furnished…

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11/07/19  |  Firm News

Rosen Hagood Attorney Rene Dukes Wins Pro Bono Award

In October 2019, Rosen Hagood partner Rene Stuhr Dukes learned that she had been awarded the Pro Bono Attorney Award by Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services. While a happy surprise, the award…

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10/25/19  |  Car Accident

It’s National Teen Driver Safety Week

Sometimes, in the middle of the tsunami of information we’re all immersed in, you see a single fact that both stops you in your metaphorical tracks, and makes something important very, very…

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10/21/19  |  In the News

Let’s Talk About Sex (With Apologies to Salt-n-Pepa)

During the Monica Lewinsky mess, Bill Clinton and, it seemed, most of the legal world, wrangled over the definition of the three-letter word “sex.” Here we go again. Two cases before the…

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10/09/19  |  Business and Commercial Litigation

Web Scraping – Liability for Harvesting Data

How can I protect my company’s website data? Can a company (or an individual) use information on my website to its advantage? Web scraping, web harvesting, or web data extraction are all…

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09/23/19  |  Car Accident

Buyer Beware: Paying the Price for Cheaper Rideshare Fares

You may have encountered this scenario: you get into your Uber or Lyft and you and the driver get to talking. You tell him or her that you’re going to be in…

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08/29/19  |  Firm News

Eight Rosen Hagood Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers, Including Two “Lawyer of the Year” Awards

Rosen Hagood is proud to announce that eight of its attorneys were named to the 2020 Best Lawyers in America list and two of those attorneys were awarded “Lawyer of the Year”…

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08/28/19  |  Business and Commercial Litigation

Contractual Review: “Best Efforts” Provisions

It’s not uncommon for commercial contracts (of all types) to contain clauses requiring one or both of the parties to exercise their “best efforts” to ensure that a condition is met or…

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08/12/19  |  Personal Injury

Factor of Age in the Comparative Negligence Analysis

Typically, when one party’s negligence injures another party, the party at fault may be sued. When it’s unclear who’s at fault, or when there is more than one person to blame, the…

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07/16/19  |  Family Law and Divorce

Primer on Guardians, Conservators & Incapacitated Adults

Baby Boomers—Americans born between 1946 and 1964—now account for nearly 50 million people nationwide, according to census data. South Carolina is home to more than 800,000 of them, and it is anticipated…