South Carolina Lawyers Weekly
Necessity is the mother of invention, and many law firms would agree that 2020 has been a real mother of a year. COVID-19 has sparked ...
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How the frenzy of innovation will aid law firms in a post-pandemic world
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Man injured while lifting scale settles workers’ comp suit for $3.2M
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Family of boy who was electrocuted by power line settles suit for $4M
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$3.5M settlement for man who was hit by SUV and suffered brain damage
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Family of pedestrian dragged by truck settles lawsuit for $2M
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Speedy trial clock started after first conviction was vacated
Opinion Digests
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Criminal Practice – Wiretap orders sufficiently identified authorizing official
Although the orders authorizing wiretaps simply identified a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division as the authorizing official, and there are six persons ...
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Criminal Practice – Government delayed seeking civil commitment
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Civil Rights – Virginia violated due process rights of mentally ill defendant
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Arbitration – Tribal choice-of-law provisions are unenforceable
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Arbitration – Prospective waivers render agreements unenforceable
Headlines
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2020 bar exam went smoothly despite COVID, law deans say
The new deans of South Carolina’s two law schools say that the Uniform Bar Exam the state administered on July 28 and 29 amid the ...
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No federal relief leaves states, cities facing big deficits
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Pardon too late for Chester councilman kicked out of office
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Opponents of private school grant plan file lawsuit
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Masks, shields and spread out jurors as trials resume in SC
