South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

BY KELSEY MAYO and HANNAH MUNN  The landscape for attorneys has been changing quickly in the wake of COVID-19. Many are seeing an influx of inquiries from clients asking how they can best protect their employees and businesses while living ...

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A prominent state lawmaker has been sworn in as the new U.S. Attorney for South Carolina, according to federal officials. Attorney General William Barr said that Peter McCoy had been sworn in on Monday as the state’s interim top federal ...

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Client A has just called and asked if he can request Employee 70, who happens to be 70 years old and firmly within the at-risk group of people for the COVID-19 virus, not to come work for fear that he ...

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There are certain books, movies, and songs that are timelier than ever today. There are scenes in both the novel and the movie Jaws, for instance, where Chief Brody is imploring a skeptical Mayor Vaughan to close down the beaches ...

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By MAURA MAZUROWSKI and DAVID DONOVAN The U.S. government has taken an unprecedented step in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, passing the first ever paid sick leave law in the nation’s history. Now attorneys have to quickly figure ...

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Steve Benjamin, the Mayor of Columbia, has joined The Charleston Group, based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he will co-chair the Firm’s extensive Public Finance and Affordable Housing Practices. Julie Medich has joined Nexsen Pruet in the firm’s Charleston office. ...

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South Carolina’s governor is aiming to protect first responders during the new coronavirus outbreak, ordering that anyone calling 911 be asked if anyone near them has symptoms of COVID-19. In a new executive order issued Saturday, Gov. Henry McMaster required ...

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In the first week of economic disruption from the coronavirus, more than 31,000 people said they lost their jobs in South Carolina. The state Thursday released unemployment claims for the week ending March 21, and the 31,054 claims were almost ...

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Two Republicans in the South Carolina House have joined a growing call for Gov. Henry McMaster to issue a stay at home order to fight the coronavirus. The letter from Reps. Neal Collins of Easley and Gary Clary of Clemson ...

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  Picture this: a bottle of beer all alone in the corner of a fridge, scaring away the rest of the food items, all of which are wearing surgical masks. The beer was a Corona, and this image was perhaps ...

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