South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

  As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Beatty has issued a series of orders since the beginning of March that have created a seismic shift in the way the courts operate during what ...

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  Even in the best of times, the grind of preparing for the bar exam is often one of the most harrowing ordeals of a young lawyer’s career. These are, of course, not the best of times, and the students ...

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A man who was jailed for more than four months after he was falsely charged with assaulting Orangeburg police officers has settled with the city of Orangeburg for $750,000, his attorney reports. Justin Bamberg of Bamberg said that in April ...

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A jogger who was injured after a police officer hit her with his patrol car has settled a lawsuit against the city of Goose Creek for $390,000, her attorney reports. Catie Meehan of Steinberg Law Firm in Charleston said that ...

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The amount of solar power that bombards the Earth each hour is more than what the entire world consumes in a year. In a world of rising carbon emissions, harnessing more of that abundant power would be useful. But capturing ...

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In the TV show Criminal Minds, a wildly successful police procedural now in its 15th season, a team of criminal profilers solves murders by developing a “profile” of the perpetrator’s psychological characteristics based on clues left at the crime scenes. ...

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  An Anderson County jury has ordered a grocery chain to pay $110,000 to a former customer service manager who was detained and falsely accused of stealing merchandise when she was actually delivering donations to a local charity. Brian Murphy ...

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By MAURA MAZUROWSKI and DAVID DONOVAN The U.S. government has taken an unprecedented step in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, passing the first ever paid sick leave law in the nation’s history. Now attorneys have to quickly figure ...

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  Anne McGinness Kearse followed her love of investigating into the practice of law, and her dedication to helping others keeps her energized. Kearse is the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly 2020 Lawyer of the Year, recognized for her strong work ...

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As attorneys grapple with COVID-19, they’re coming up with creative solutions to keep their firms’ lights on, even as many of them are working from home as they deal with an unprecedented situation one day at a time. “We are ...

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