South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Three days after a gunman shot and killed 12 people at the sprawling Virginia Beach, Virginia government complex, lawyers were back in court nearby on June 3 arguing to a jury over the value of a personal injury claim. The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has sided with an Alabama technology company over the U.S. Postal Service in a patent dispute. The dispute before the justices had to do with U.S. Patent No. 6,826,548. That’s the patent Birmingham-based Return ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to federal regulation of gun silencers on June 10, just days after a gunman used one in a shooting rampage that killed 12 people in Virginia. The justices did not ...

COLUMBIA (AP) — Current and former ratepayers of South Carolina Electric and Gas will split $146 million in what is considered the largest private class action settlement in state history. News outlets report a judge finalized the decision June 11. ...

The South Carolina Access to Justice Commission has appointed Hannah Honeycutt as its new executive director. Honeycutt will lead the commission in its mission addressing barriers to legal representation in South Carolina. The Access to Justice Commission was created by ...

The South Carolina Court of Appeals held a special session June 6 at the Francis Marion Performing Arts Center in Florence. After hearing oral arguments, the court took questions from the audience regarding the judicial branch of government and its ...

CHAPIN (AP) — A South Carolina gun and sporting goods distributor is filing for bankruptcy amid allegations of mishandled funds borrowed by its majority owner. News outlets report Ellett Brothers has its first hearing in bankruptcy court on June 11. ...

A sports management firm with an ownership interest in a minor league baseball team in Charleston couldn’t get to first base in its efforts to have a copyright lawsuit against it thrown out of a South Carolina federal court. David ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina has passed a new law that keeps protein grown in a laboratory from stem cells as advertising as “meat.” Primary sponsor Republican Rep. Randy Ligon of Chester says he didn’t want people to confuse lab-grown ...

ORANGEBURG (AP) — A South Carolina city is being sued by a man who spent more than four months in jail on charges that he hit an officer even though a police supervisor said the accusation wasn’t true. The lawyer ...