South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill banning jails and prisons from using leg, waist and ankle restraints on pregnant women and women in labor, news outlets reported. “People go to prison as punishment, not for punishment.” McMaster said ...

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Handshaking is a key part of Michelle Ngome’s networking game as a marketing professional, which is why Ngome is already missing it as social distancing rules discourage the age-old ritual. “We didn’t realize how powerful the handshake is,” Ngome said. ...

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Scott Wallinger has joined Barnwell Whaley in Charleston as a member of the firm, where he will lead its trucking and transportation defense practice. Wallinger concentrates his law practice in the areas of professional liability defense, complex personal injury defense, and commercial litigation. Alexis ...

Clemson University plans to hold in-person classes in the fall but synchronize them with online instruction so if a student is infected with COVID-19 — or a second wave of infections closes campus — learning won’t be disrupted. Also on ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — A group of government, health, tourism, religious and social leaders that Gov. Henry McMaster created to help South Carolina grapple with the coronavirus pandemic is winding down its work. Accelerate SC met May 19 with members listening ...

A lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of illegally profiting off the presidency through his luxury Washington hotel was revived Thursday by a divided federal appeals court. The lawsuit brought by the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia alleges ...

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A federal judge said she will do her best to decide quickly if a requirement that absentee ballots in South Carolina have the signature of a witness is constitutional with people trying to stay isolated because of the coronavirus. South ...

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BY MEGAN PAQUIN Earlier this year, when crisis management was declared one of the top practice areas for 2020, no one would have predicted that law firms would be facing an existential crisis of their own. The COVID-19 crisis has ...

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Gov. Henry McMaster signed into law Wednesday a bill allowing anyone to vote absentee in next month’s statewide primary and runoffs. Both the House and Senate passed the proposal Tuesday overcoming several roadblocks to assure no one has to vote ...

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Supreme Court justices invoked fears of bribery and chaos Wednesday to suggest they think states can require presidential electors to back their states’ popular vote winner in the Electoral College. The justices heard arguments on an unusual voting issue that ...

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