South Carolina Lawyers Weekly
The 4th U.S. Court of Appeals has revived a worker’s claim of same-sex sexual harassment, joining its sister circuits in holding that such plaintiffs aren’t ...
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4th Circuit recognizes multiple paths to same-sex Title VII claim
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$2.75M verdict vacated, court must decide if suicide was foreseeable
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For-life sex offender status ruled unconstitutional
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COA upholds $1.6M judgment in castle doctrine case
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Supreme Court overrules itself, orders new trial for improper jury instructions
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An oil pipeline was a juicy target for hackers. Make sure your firm isn’t one.
Opinion Digests
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Criminal Practice – Constitutional – SORA – Lifetime Registration – Due Process – Internet Publication
Where the South Carolina Sex Offender Registry Act (SORA) requires any person who has been convicted of an enumerated crime to register as a sex ...
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Labor/Employment – Same-sex harassment can be proved several ways
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Civil Rights – Wrongly incarcerated man awarded $15M
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Criminal Practice – Clerical error didn’t render sentence ambiguous
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Tort/Negligence – New trial over whether suicide was foreseeable
Headlines
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South Carolina inmates want deaths delayed during appeal
Days before what could be South Carolina’s first execution in a decade, the two inmates scheduled to die this month under the state’s recently revamped ...
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Justices rule against low-level crack cocaine offenders
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In-house counsel survey shows increased matters, steady litigation
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3rd guilty plea in South Carolina nuclear project failure
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Judge refuses to block 2 scheduled executions
