John P. Freeman

John T. Campbell Professor Emeritus of Business and Professional Ethics
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law

Contact Information 2329 Wilmot Avenue Columbia, South Carolina 29205 v 803-254-4667 f 803-933-9872 jfreemanusc@hotmail.com

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Article, The Mutual Fund Distribution Fee Mess, 32 J. Corporation Law 739 (2007).
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Commentary on Fee Gouging by Mutual Fund Sponsors (March 2007).
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Author, Regular Legal Ethics Column for South Carolina Lawyer.

Chapter on Legal Opinion Liability in Legal Opinion Letters A Comprehensive Guide to Opinion Letter Practice (M. John Sterba, Jr., ed. 2003) (plus annual updates).

Chapter in South Carolina Damages Treatise on Damages in Securities Cases (accepted for publication).

Article, The Ethics of Using Judges to Conceal Wrongdoing (accepted for publication in Symposium Issue of South Carolina Law Review)
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Article (with Stewart Brown), Mutual Fund Advisory Fees: The Cost of Conflicts of Interest, 26 J. Corporation Law 610 (2001). (Read this article; PDF)
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Article, Liens, Fees and Taxes, South Carolina Trial Lawyer, Summer 2000, at 26.

Article, A Business Lawyer Looks at the Internet, 49 S.C.L. Rev. 903 (1998).

Article, Payments to Medical Care Providers: What Are the Lawyer's Obligations? South Carolina Lawyer, September-October 1994, at 39.

Article, Current Developments in Lawyer Liability: Coping with the Fraudulent Client, Delaware Lawyer, Winter 1993, at 27.

Article, Treble Damage Statutes Can Increase Trust Recoveries, 4 Probate Practice Reporter, June 1992, at 1.

Article (with Nathan Crystal), Scienter in Professional Liability Cases, 42 S.C.L. Rev. 783 (1991).

Article, How Computerized Databases Are Redefining Due Diligence, 3 Carolina Lawyer (July-August 1991).

Article, When Are Lawyers' Gifts to Judges Improper? Carolina Lawyer (November-December 1990).

Article, Current Developments in Legal Opinion Liability, 1989 Col. J. Bus. L. 235.

Article, Understanding the Joint Client Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege, Carolina Lawyer (July-August 1989).

Article, A RICO Primer, 1985 Small Business Counselor No. 4.

Article, The Use of Mutual Fund Assets to Pay Marketing Costs, 9 Loy. Chi. L.J. 553 (1978).

Article, Marketing Mutual Funds and Individual Life Insurance, 28 S.C.L. Rev. 1-124 (1976), reprinted in Nat'l Ins. L. Rev. Serv. (1977).

Article, Opinion Letters and Professionalism, 1973 Duke L.J. 371-439, reprinted in Securities Law Review 1974 (E. Folk, III, ed.).

Co-author, Multi-student Survey, The Mutual Fund Industry: A Legal Survey, 44 Notre Dame Lawyer 732-983 (1969).

Case Comment, Escott v. Bar Chris Constr. Corp., 44 Notre Dame Lawyer, 122-40 (1968).