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Labor & Employment – Racially and Sexually Hostile Work Environment – Adequate Notice
A teacher who alleged a racially and sexually hostile work environment based on student misconduct failed to show school officials had sufficient notice that she viewed the conduct as unlawful […]
Criminal Practice – Threatening Letters – False Chemical Threat
A jury could reasonably find mailings conveyed a false chemical threat even without explicitly referencing a chemical weapon and that alleged gaps in the chain of custody affected the weight, […]
Criminal Practice – Stand-Your-Ground Law – Evidence of Subsequent Suicide Attempt
Defendant was not entitled to stand-your-ground immunity because evidence showed he returned to the scene armed after threatening the victim, failed to establish self-defense, and was properly subjected to the […]
Administrative – Subdivision Applications – Comprehensive Land Use Plan
Georgetown County Council lacked authority to override the Planning Commission’s denial of two subdivision applications because county ordinances granting the council approval power conflicted with the state planning statute, which […]
Zoning – State Enabling Act – Land Development Decisions
Georgetown County Council lacked authority to approve a duplex-development application after the Planning Commission recommended denial because county ordinances granting the council final approval power conflicted with the state Enabling […]
Civil Practice – Products Liability – Modifications to Scheduling Order
Plaintiff’s failure to timely disclose expert testimony, after lacking diligence to modify the scheduling order under Rule 16, was fatal to his product liability claims. We affirmed the district court’s […]
Criminal Practice – Uniform Code of Military Justice – Jurisdiction
Federal courts lack authority to revisit a military conviction where the petitioner’s claims either failed to raise a true jurisdictional defect or had already received full and fair consideration in […]
Tort/Negligence – South Carolina’s Protection of Persons and Property Act – Self-Defense
A grocery store and its owner were immune from negligence-based claims arising from an employee’s justified fatal shooting of a customer because the employee’s stand-your-ground immunity established that no underlying […]
Arbitration – Membership Agreements – Unlawful Statute of Limitations Period
A Palmetto Bluff resort-community arbitration clause was unenforceable because the parties did not clearly delegate arbitrability issues to an arbitrator and the provision’s 60-day deadline for initiating arbitration unlawfully shortened […]
Criminal Practice – Juror Bias – Murder of Transgender Woman in Violation of Federal Hate Crimes Statute
The evidence was sufficient and the district court properly rejected claims of juror bias and trial error. We affirmed Defendant’s convictions for murdering a transgender woman in violation of the […]
Criminal Practice – Reasonable Suspicion to Detain Defendant – Consent to Search Vehicle
The police had reasonable suspicion to detain Defendant, did not unlawfully prolong the stop, and Defendant’s consent to search the vehicle was voluntary. We affirmed Defendant’s conviction. Defendant, who pleaded […]
Public Utilities – Public Service Commission – Submetering Infrastructure
Because tenants received service through municipal utilities and Respondents’ involvement was limited to a billing function, substantial evidence supported the Public Service Commission’s findings. Strata Audubon and Strata Veridian are […]
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- We tore out our own backup generator
- When is a PIP an adverse employment action?
- Legally Speaking: What spring can teach us about active listening
- A useful patent management government notice
- The third option: Why your best employees are quietly losing their edge
- ‘AI won’t take your job’ and other things CEOs say before the layoffs
- When not to believe (your lyin’ eyes)
- Conduct a technology audit to improve law firm efficiency
- When the client brings ChatGPT to the consultation
- Where is she now, this model who was so beautiful?
- Content Marketing: Where law firms lose referrals and how to prevent it
- Your best people are not leaving for more money — they are leaving because you stopped paying attention
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