South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A former casting director for the television series “Mr. Mercedes” says she wasn’t paid for overtime work for the show that filmed in South Carolina and aired on Audience. Taylor Campbell says in a recently filed federal lawsuit that she ...

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Dozens of cameras have been installed in a South Carolina city to help curb crime in the months after surveillance video helped capture a suspect in a man’s shooting death. At least 125 cameras were donated to be set up ...

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A former South Carolina sheriff pleaded guilty Wednesday to committing crimes while in office, becoming the 10th sheriff to do so in the past decade. But like four of those other former lawmen, he won’t spend any time in prison. ...

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A South Carolina man is accused of killing his 14-month-old son by slamming him into a wall and throwing him into furniture. Ashton Robert Clark, 24, has been charged with homicide by child abuse, news outlets report. He initially was ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The lawyer representing a South Carolina teacher who sued her school district for requiring her to provide gift baskets and work in the school’s concession stand without being paid wants to open the lawsuit to educators ...

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A South Carolina university is refusing to release campus police records from a reported sexual assault. Furman University says it doesn’t have to comply with South Carolina’s open records laws because it’s a private institution and not a public one. ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said that it will consider expanding protections for churches against job-discrimination claims. The justices agreed on Dec. 18 to review two cases in which a federal appeals court allowed discrimination lawsuits by teachers against ...

GREENVILLE (AP) — A South Carolina deputy arresting a woman and her boyfriend said the woman was “too pretty” and asked for her number while taking her to jail, according to a lawsuit. The lawsuit is one of two accusing ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina civil rights lawyer who helped redefine free speech rights for attorneys has died. Edna Smith Primus died Nov. 29 at age 75, The State newspaper reported. One of the first black women to ...

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The nation’s longest federal court vacancy ended Thursday after nearly 14 years of foot-dragging and politics as the U.S. Senate confirmed a university professor to a North Carolina trial court seat in a bipartisan vote. The chamber voted 68-21 to ...

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