South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

GREENVILLE (AP) The biological parents of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a pool and died in 2016 are suing the boy’s foster parents. The Greenville News reports two lawsuits were filed Aug. 6 on behalf of Njamena Wilcox and William Patrick Henry ...

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South Carolina’s largest law firm has grown a bit more with the completion of a merger with Florida-based firm Broad and Cassel on Aug. 1. The new firm will be known as Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel in Florida, while ...

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South Carolina Electric & Gas Company intends to appeal a federal judge’s denial of their motion for preliminary injunction to prevent a rate cut from going into effect, according to a news release. The rate cut stems from a law ...

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MYRTLE BEACH (AP) A state senator from South Carolina who suffered a brain aneurysm last month is in a medically induced coma because of a staph infection. Sen. Greg Hembree was hospitalized July 26 for an aneurysm and was awake ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) The South Carolina Senate is suing the governor over who runs the state-owned utility. The Senate is trying to stop former state Attorney General Charles Condon from taking over as Santee Cooper board chairman because it didn’t vote ...

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YORK (AP) Defense lawyers are challenging indictments issued by a grand jury that approved 904 cases in a single day. The Herald newspaper in South Carolina reports that 27 defense attorneys joined the motion Aug. 3 to quash the indictments issued after ...

Tagged with: Criminal Law indictments Prosecutor Kevin Brackett York County

COLUMBIA (AP) A South Carolina teenager accused of trying to fight for the Islamic State is expected to enter a guilty plea. Federal court documents show a change of plea hearing is scheduled in Charleston on Aug. 8 for 19-year-old Zakaryia ...

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A Republican U.S. Senator may be quietly throwing a wrench in a plan to confirm nominees to the federal judiciary. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cancelled the Senate’s traditional August recess, keeping the chamber in session in order to confirm ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) A 15 percent rate cut ordered by lawmakers can start showing up on a private South Carolina utility’s bills after the company lost billions of dollars on two nuclear plants that were never finished, a federal judge ruled ...

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LEXINGTON (AP) Authorities in South Carolina say a sheriff’s deputy charged with domestic violence has been fired. Citing a statement from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Office, news outlets report that 29-year-old Timothy Lane Padgett was arrested Aug. 5. According to ...

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