South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A suspended South Carolina sheriff faces more charges. A Greenville County grand jury has indicted Will Lewis on six charges of misconduct and one of obstruction of justice. The latest misconduct charges include intimidating witnesses in a State Law Enforcement ...

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A pain management clinic with facilities in Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina is accused of “liberally” prescribing unnecessary opioid painkillers. News outlets report the U.S. Department of Justice joined three lawsuits this month that accuse the company, Pain Management ...

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The state of Nevada is asking a federal appeals court to order the U.S. government to remove weapons-grade plutonium that was secretly trucked to a site near Las Vegas last year until the court decides whether the move was legal. ...

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Two former inmates who say they were severely beaten at an overcrowded South Carolina jail are suing the sheriff’s office. The Greenville News reports Brett Ferguson and Adam Brodsky blame the longstanding overcrowding issues for the attacks, and said Pickens ...

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A 1978 law giving preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving American Indian children is an unconstitutional race-based intrusion on state powers that has caused families to be “literally torn apart,” an attorney told a ...

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The South Carolina House passed its version of the state’s $9 billion budget on Wednesday, approving raises for teachers and nearly all state employees after fierce debate in which Democrats complained Republicans weren’t considering their changes. Legislators approved the spending ...

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South Carolina lawmakers should stop blocking anyone from their social media pages who have not harassed or threatened them or they may soon face free speech lawsuits, an attorney for the state House said. If they are sued over social ...

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The U.S. Senate has confirmed a 37-year-old lawyer as a judge on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals despite opposition from civil rights and LGBTQ groups. Allison Jones Rushing was nominated by President Donald Trump in August for the ...

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed a 37-year-old lawyer as a judge on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals despite opposition from civil rights and LGBTQ groups. Allison Jones Rushing, a partner at Williams & Connolly, ...

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CAMDEN (AP) — A professional circus clown who ran for Congress last year has died in South Carolina. An obituary from Kornegay Funeral Home of Lugoff, South Carolina, says 53-year-old Steve Lough died on Feb. 23. The funeral home did ...