COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was indicted Friday on 27 additional charges, with prosecutors saying he stole nearly $5 million in settlement money he had obtained for his dead housekeeper, an injured state trooper and other ...
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Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection says there is still time for former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to comply with a subpoena before the panel moves forward ...
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Read More »RALEIGH (AP) — A judge on Friday delayed when the key player in an absentee-ballot fraud case in North Carolina must report to federal prison for crimes involving benefits fraud because of the defendant’s health issues. Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. ...
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Read More »By John J. Carney and Kevin V. Bluml BridgeTower Media Newswires Are you concerned your company’s intellectual property or proprietary data may have been misappropriated or otherwise lost or shared with unauthorized parties, intentionally or negligently? Typically, IP theft occurs shortly ...
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Read More »COLUMBIA (AP) — The South Carolina Senate is scheduled to return next month to the Statehouse for a special session where lawmakers are expected to address redistricting. Senate President Harvey Peeler said senators will meet Dec. 6 at 1 p.m. ...
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Read More »By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina city is paying $650,000 to a Black man who was stomped in the head by a white police officer upset that the man could not quickly lie flat ...
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BY MOLLY HULSEY mhulsey@scbiznews.com A scam run out of a Latvian apartment bilked American companies for millions of dollars, but less than $2,000 taken from a Greenville entrepreneur ended the scheme and landed the suspect in an American prison. Julie ...
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Read More »COLUMBIA (AP) — Daniel Rickenmann, a longtime city council member backed by Republicans, has been chosen as the mayor of South Carolina’s capital city, a victory that came despite heavy-hitting Democratic endorsements for his opponent. Rickenmann won Tuesday’s runoff election ...
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Read More »By Christopher F. Earley “The leaders who get the most out of their people are the leaders who care most about their people.” — Simon Sinek The success of any law firm hinges on its people. No successful law firm ...
Read More »ST. GEORGE, S.C. (AP) — An inmate serving a life sentence has received a $10,000 settlement in a lawsuit alleging he “unjustifiably suffered” while jailed in 2013 at the Lieber Correctional Institution in South Carolina. The lawsuit, filed in 2016, ...
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South Carolina Lawyers Weekly
