South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

CHARLESTON — The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office has charged three teenagers with burning crosses at a rural crossroads. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that 17-year-old Nicholas Jellyman, of Meggett; 18-year-old Joseph Chaplin, of Ravenel; and 19-year-old Robert Jones, ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — A man accused of impersonating a lawyer in federal courts in at least 10 states has pleaded not guilty to two felony charges. Howard O. Kieffer’s trial has been scheduled for Nov. 18 in Bismarck. He is ...

BOSTON (AP) — A Princeton, Mass., man has been sentenced to nine years in prison on federal wire fraud and tax evasion charges. Prosecutors say 61-year-old Alan Mason was also sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay ...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Rhode Island Supreme Court overturned a landmark verdict against three former lead paint companies including Cleveland-based Sherwin Williams in a major setback for states that want the companies to pay billions to clean up the toxic ...

Public defenders go to court to reduce case loads FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s public defenders have gone to court in an effort to force the General Assembly to appropriate more money to pay for the legal defense of the indigent. ...

GREENVILLE — A South Carolina trooper facing a federal civil rights charge after he was accused of intentionally ramming a suspect with his patrol car will fight the accusation. Defense attorney John O’Leary told The State that Highway Patrol Lance ...

ROCK HILL — A Rock Hill municipal judge is considering dismissing charges against those arrested for cheering at high school graduation ceremonies. Municipal Judge Jane Modla says the court is considering a motion to dismiss charges from arrests at Fort ...

COLUMBIA — South Carolina fuel distributors must be allowed to make their own gasoline-ethanol blends under a first-in-the-nation law that supporters say will keep the state’s gas prices among the nation’s lowest. Industry experts say the law could be adopted ...

GREENVILLE — A personal injury lawyer has sued a state panel that sought to discipline him for an ad encouraging anyone hurt on the job to call him, saying there was nothing wrong with the commercial. Joel Bieber told The ...