South Carolina Lawyers Weekly
Seven black women have filed a discrimination lawsuit against their employer, Charles River Laboratories, accusing the company of allowing racial comments in the workplace and of engaging in the practice of promoting less-experienced white employees over longtime black employees. The ...
Read More »Lawsuit accuses biotech company of discrimination
Judge bars seismic permitting work during shutdown 
A federal judge has barred the government from moving forward with seismic permitting and halted litigation surrounding the permits during the government shutdown. The Trump administration ruled to allow companies to perform seismic air gun surveying to determine whether oil ...
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Read More »Lowcountry groups sue feds to stop seismic testing
The federal government’s allowance of seismic blasting tests for oil exploration in the Atlantic Ocean has riled up coastal leaders. The Trump Administration has given five companies the greenlight to perform seismic airgun surveying to determine whether oil or gas ...
Read More »Business leaders say tariff battle hurting industry
S.C. manufacturing executives, economic experts and the head of the Port of Charleston say the Trump administration’s ongoing trade war against China is misguided and will likely not yield the desired results. The administration wants to use the tariffs — ...
Read More »S.C. manufacturers say tariffs will drive up costs
A Samsung Electronics America spokeswoman said the continued tariffs on foreign-made washing machines and parts imported to the United States have been a challenge for the company’s new manufacturing operation in Newberry County. The South Korea-based appliance manufacturer opened its S.C. washing machine ...
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