South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

They say no good deed goes unpunished. And assuming that there are no ulterior motives and a North Charleston man is just trying to be a Good Samaritan, that idiom will ring true once again. On Aug. 15, authorities cited ...

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Kool Moe Dee once said, “A fool and his money will always part.” (There’s some talk about the idiom actually originating in the 16th century, but whatever.) That was the case recently in Tega Cay, when police say a man ...

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Orangeburg lawyer and convicted hawk killer Charles Williams apparently has a problem with nature lovers. Williams, a University of South Carolina trustee, is unhappy with the sentence he received after pleading guilty to trapping and killing more than 30 hawks, ...

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Charleston’s A1 China Super Buffet, which has garnered such internet praise as “best Chinese buffet in town!” and “off the chain” may be on the hook if there’s any truth to accusations being lobbed by a former employee. Court records ...

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South Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Stephanie McDonald delivered a 25-page smackdown to a lower court judge who apparently let a Charleston real estate agent get way too involved in the divorce of his brother and sister-in-law, both of whom are lawyers.

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In his mugshot, 23-year-old Paul Simmons Jr. of North Carolina looks reasonably intimidating, to the extent that one can be intimidated by a photograph. This is a good thing for “PJ,” as prison records list him, since he is headed ...

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A major mortgage lending company was allegedly a little too Quicken to assume that a customer wanted to opt out of legal representation. Tyrone Mosley has sued Quicken Loans Inc. in U.S. District Court in Aiken for giving him a ...

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So much for being courteous and civil to opposing counsel. According to multiple media reports, things got a toad, er, a tad ugly between two Texas lawyers who are facing off against each other in multiple lawsuits. Texas Lawyer was ...

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I don’t know who originally said freedom ain’t free, but it’s a true statement, from this Sidebar reporter’s perspective. I’d also like to submit as truth the statement that freedom ain’t for everyone. One example of an individual who may ...

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When it comes to broken dishes, it seems the owner of Hyman Seafood Co. in Charleston has a heart of glass. Restaurant owner Eli Hyman is facing a federal lawsuit over his policy of charging employees for broken glasses and ...

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