South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

BY THOMAS FRANZ BridgeTower Media Newswires A recently released survey highlights the continued trend of technological changes shaping the current and future legal industry. The 2019 Future Ready Lawyer Survey from Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory reveals that profitability is ...

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When I started writing about the intersection of law and technology in 2006, emojis were a sidebar in the world of communication. Until the release of the first smartphone, the iPhone, emojis were typically used only in certain online chat ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff was indicted Wednesday after authorities said his chief deputy reported he was using county funds and drug seizure money to buy groceries, window tinting and other personal items. Florence County Sheriff Kenney Boone ...

The Charleston City Council voted April 23 to inform Charleston School of Law that it does not intend to extend an agreement partially designed to keep the school on the peninsula. The 431 Meeting St. property was purchased by Charleston ...

COLUMBIA (AP) — After the slaying of a college student who police say mistook her killer’s car for her Uber ride, lawmakers in South Carolina are tinkering with legislation that aims to improve safety for ride sharing customers. A Senate ...

Charleston Legal Access has named Lana Kleiman as its new executive director. Kleiman, who assumed the role on April 1, had previously served as senior staff attorney in the Matrimonial & Family Law Unit at New York Legal Assistance Group, ...

FLORENCE (AP) — A judge has ordered a man who authorities say killed two police officers in an ambush from his upscale South Carolina home to have a mental examination. Prosecutor Ed Clements asked for the examination Monday after 74-year-old ...

COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina has been paid another installment from the settlement nearly all U.S. states signed with the major tobacco companies in 1998. State Attorney General Alan Wilson said Monday most of the $78.72 million in the 2019 ...

CHARLESTON (AP) — A South Carolina law originally written to help state and local governments collect debts is being used by some state hospitals to seize tax refunds from people with past-due medical bills. A report on the practice in ...

There was recently a story in my local paper about an individual allegedly stealing substantially all the funds from an organization that had been serving young athletes in the area for more than a decade. The organization was well-meaning and ...