South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The South Carolina Legislature plans to return in less than two weeks as lawmakers face a deadline to pass key bills before they are required to adjourn. House Speaker Jay Lucas and Senate President Harvey Peeler released a joint letter ...

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The South Carolina Supreme Court has suspended its mandatory mentoring program for new lawyers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The mentoring program, created in 2016 with the addition of Rule 425 to the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules, ...

BY SAAD GUL and MIKE SLIPSKY The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in its first Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) case, Van Buren v. United States. CFAA is the federal anti-hacking law that the criminal defense and civil liberties ...

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She never thought her husband’s punishment for selling drugs would be a death sentence. But as the new coronavirus rips through the U.S. prison system and into the facility where he is serving eight years, she fears it could be. ...

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By Douglas Lineberry Trademarks are essential to your business client’s brand, and knowing the twists and turns of trademark prosecution is imperative to brand longevity. Without protecting trademarks, the client is not protecting how consumers recognize their goods/services and return ...

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Gov. Henry McMaster has extended the state’s emergency declaration that allows him to issue executive orders necessary to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. McMaster spokesman Brian Symmes said the declaration came as the current 15-day declaration expires. McMaster’s initial declaration ...

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South Carolina saw a decrease in the number of people filing an initial unemployment claim for the week ending April 18 for the first time in more than a month. The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce said 73,116 people ...

Stephen D. Bittinger has joined K&L Gates as a partner in its health care practice in its Charleston office. Bittinger concentrates his practice on health care reimbursement compliance, defense, and litigation, with a focus on government and private payor disputes ...

The Supreme Court is making it harder for noncitizens who are authorized to live permanently in the United States to argue they should be allowed to stay in the country if they’ve committed crimes. The decision Thursday split the court ...

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South Carolina has officially taken its public schools virtual for the remainder of the school year, extending a distance-learning environment implemented more than a month ago as the new coronavirus outbreak emerged in the state. As expected, Gov. Henry McMaster ...

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