South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — During a Pennsylvania court hearing this week on one of the many election lawsuits brought by President Donald Trump, a judge asked a campaign lawyer whether he had found any signs of fraud from among the 592 ballots ...

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BY MARC GUSTAFSON In the time of COVID-19 it seems particularly odd to compare the practice of law with running a marathon, but with virtual racing as prevalent as virtual hearings, maybe the comparison isn’t all that big of a ...

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CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) — One of South Carolina’s oldest cities is reopening a historic courthouse for court hearings for the first time in more than a century. Camden has started holding weekly Municipal Court hearings at the Historic Robert Mills ...

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By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly said there’s one place he wants to determine the outcome of the presidential election: the U.S. Supreme Court. But he may have a difficult ...

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Heather A. Chiovaro, Eleanor L. Jones, and Fiona R. Reed have joined Gallivan White Boyd as associate attorneys. Chiovaro joins the firm’s Charleston office, and her primary legal focus is construction defect litigation. Jones joins its Columbia office, and her ...

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested it could halt what has been a gradual move toward more leniency for children who are convicted of murder. In cases over more than a decade, ...

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By Eliane S. Markoff and Gary M. Markoff Juxtaposing the words “good” and “conflict” seems odd, but allow us to explain. Conflict is inevitable, particularly in the workplace where people have different ideas, goals, standards, aspirations and, yes, clashing personalities. ...

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Republicans made gains in the South Carolina Statehouse on Nov. 3, including knocking off one Democratic state senator who had served for 30 years and another who served for 16 years and ran unsuccessfully for governor twice. Democratic Sen. Vincent ...

Transom Capital Group, a private equity firm based in Los Angeles, has acquired BridgeTower Media from Gannett Co. in a sale announced Nov. 3. BridgeTower is the parent company of South Carolina Lawyers Weekly and a number of other legally-focused ...

By Shawn Fox BridgeTower Media Newswires One of the key issues attorneys need to consider in any damages assessment is the impact of the 2020 coronavirus disease pandemic for cases involving plaintiff’s lost profits for breach of contract matters or ...

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