South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Putting your offices on the penthouse floor of a high-rise tower is a clear signal that your business is riding high figuratively as well as literally. But a new study suggests that while such heights might give you commanding views ...

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Rumors of drunken depravity have been bubbling up in the aftermath of the Charleston School of Law’s recent Barrister’s Ball at the South Carolina Aquarium. Talk of tanked students urinating in the otter tank during the ball — along with ...

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Not all slipper stories have fairy tale endings, especially those involving accelerant-sniffing police dogs. And Paula Rose is no Cinderella, according to prosecutors. They alleged that she lied about burglars setting fire to her house as part of an insurance ...

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Erskine College, a private college in Abbeville County, will not have to pay out on certificates it issued granting free tuition at the school—certificates that were issued in 1854, before the start of the Civil War. The South Carolina Court ...

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Rep. Ralph Norman earlier this month pulled his loaded .38-caliber pistol from underneath his clothing and placed it on the restaurant table before him. His aim was to show constituents during a meet-and-greet at the Rock Hill Diner that guns ...

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Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook is crying foul after an artist who vandalized his own luxury car was found not guilty of public disorderly conduct. Holbrook is apparently upset that the artist, Michael Anastasion, outgunned the Columbia PD in municipal ...

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If you’re doin’ dirt, ridin’ dirty, or otherwise breaking the law, at least do so on the down low. You know, without calling attention to yourself. On a recent episode of Live PD, Richland County deputies responded to multiple incidents ...

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Just when you thought online stunts couldn’t get any more boneheaded than “The Tide Pod Challenge,” here comes condom snorting. Yes, it seems that teens have graduated from poisoning themselves by eating Tide laundry detergent pods to snorting condoms up ...

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If Larry Recio listened to Will Smith instead of Atlanta rapper Bloody Jay, he might still be a free man. But according to a recent 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, Recio’s Facebook post “It’s Always Tucked, Kuz I’ll ...

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The perfect vacation is a myth. Whether it be lost luggage, food poisoning, severe sunburn or switcheroos at resorts and hotels, the unexpected can ruin meticulously planned good times.    Some of us grin through the inevitable snafus. Others give ...

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