South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Mandatory e-filing of court documents is expanding to Marlboro County in January. As of Jan. 15, Marlboro County will begin requiring attorneys representing clients to e-file court documents in all common pleas cases, unless the type of filing is excluded ...

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Sheriff’s deputies in South Carolina say they’ve arrested a man who attacked another deputy, knocking him down and taking his gun. Anderson County Sheriff Chad McBride told news outlets that officers were trying to serve an arrest warrant near Belton ...

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Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, far fewer taxpayers will itemize their deductions when filing their tax returns for 2018 and beyond. This has sent many charities into a bit of a panic as many would-be charitable givers may ...

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BY MATT PRINN BridgeTower Media Newswires In most request for proposals that deal with the overall client-law firm relationship (as opposed to a matter-specific RFP), you will see questions asking law firms about “value-added” services. By value-added, they mean free. ...

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  Tired: Pontificating about how the legal profession will possibly cope with the scourge of Millennial lawyers. Inspired: Pontificating about how the legal profession will possibly cope with the scourge of “Generation Z” lawyers. Yes, the days of people complaining ...

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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 ...

Authorities say a woman was charged with murder after she walked into a sheriff’s office in South Carolina and told deputies her husband had been shot and killed. Pickens County Chief Deputy Creed Hashe said 31-year-old Tracy Posey put a ...

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A South Carolina man is accused of setting a Summerville home and his neighbors’ Christmas decor on fire. News outlets report 29-year-old Cameron Lewis Baun was arrested Friday and charged with arson. Summerville police say officers responded then to reports ...

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A 60-foot (18.3-meter) tall flagpole put up in a backyard in Charleston must either be shortened or taken down, the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals has ruled. David Abdo’s lawyer argued before the board this week that the pole and ...

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That feeling I’ve been getting in my gut every time I go to McDonald’s wasn’t (just) indigestion—fast food really has been getting more expensive lately. Bloomberg recently reported that burger prices have been beefing up at a faster rate than ...

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