South Carolina Court of Appeals Affirms Punitive Damage Award for Stephenson & Murphy Client
|On April 25, 2018, the South Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed an award of punitive damages in the amount of $350,000 to Denise Parker. Denise…
Murphy featured in FoxCarolina story on social media
|Brian Murphy was featured in FoxCarolina’s recent feature on how the use of social media has affected the rights of employers and employees in South…
Murphy Quoted in Bloomberg BNA Article
|Firm partner, Brian Murphy, was interviewed for a Bloomberg BNA’s Daily Labor Report article regarding the ability of Plaintiffs to win workplace harassment cases. January…
Partners Receive Top Honors From All Three Peer Review Organizations
|U.S. News – Best Lawyers® has named Stephenson & Murphy, LLC a Metro Tier 1 Law Firm for both individuals and employers, as well as…
WSPA covers client’s case
|WSPA’s investigation into wage theft cases features Stephenson & Murphy’s Brian Murphy and client, Laurin Stinson, who prevailed in her overtime case. http://wspa.com/2015/05/31/south-carolina-workers-recover-18-million-in-back-pay/
Firm client prevails at trial
|Stephenson & Murphy client, Denise Parker, prevailed in her Spartanburg County jury trial October 2nd. After a week-long trial, the jury awarded her $518,006 in…
Fourth Circuit Adopts Joint Employer Test
|Stephenson & Murphy attorneys have been successful in urging the Fourth Circuit to adopt a test for holding “client” employers of temporary employees liable for violations…
Fourth Circuit Clarifies Standards for Hostile Environment and Retaliation Claims
|The entire Fourth Circuit (en banc panel) has reversed a decision that dismissed a plaintiff’s hostile environment and retaliation claims. In doing so, the Fourth…
Common Mistakes In Handling Discrimination Claims
|Too many small, and sometime large, employers have learned the hard way that common assumptions about employment law lead to costly mistakes. Take, for instance,…
Part 3 – Fair Competition Series
|Protect the Knowledge of Key Personnel Reprinted with permission of Upstate Business Journal In parts one and two of this series, we discussed the typical…