South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

BARNWELL, S.C. (AP) — A lawsuit against the state of South Carolina said a $600 million federal settlement over nuclear waste should go to the seven counties near the Savannah River Site instead of the whole state budget. The lawsuit ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court has reversed course and reinstated a ruling by a South Carolina federal judge that would not require a witness signature for those wishing to vote absentee in that state. A majority of ...

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George “Buster” Bryan and Megan Rudd have joined Turner Padget as associates with the firm’s insurance and products liability practice group in its Myrtle Beach and Greenville offices, respectively. Bryan previously clerked for North Carolina Business Court Judge Gregory P. ...

By LISA MASCARO, ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have swiftly fallen in line behind President Donald Trump’s push to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat as one of the ...

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  A University of South Carolina School of Law professor and two law students played a role in helping the family of Breonna Taylor reach a $12 million settlement agreement with the city of Louisville, Kentucky. Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency ...

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While COVID-19 has forced many businesses and groups to limit services and operations, it’s prompted Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services to expand. The group has hired a new full-time attorney and paralegal to handle its ever-increasing eviction load and supplement ...

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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications ...

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Approximately 1,000 former ITT Tech students in South Carolina will receive a share of a national $330 million debt relief settlement with a private loan program. South Carolina obtained $8.6 million in the settlement involving 48 attorneys general and the ...

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By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Months after the police killing of Breonna Taylor thrust her name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, the city of Louisville agreed to pay the Black woman’s family ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed into law Wednesday changes in South Carolina voting rules allowing anyone to cast an absentee ballot without a reason in November’s general election to help fight the spread of COVID-19. ...

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