South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Jul 2, 2026

Adultery justified unequal division of marital estate

The South Carolina Court of Appeals held that a husband was entitled to a larger share of the marital estate and an award of attorneys’ fees after obtaining a […]

Jun 30, 2026

OSHA challenge barred by six-year statute of limitations

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that South Carolina‘s challenge to a 2016 Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule was barred by the Administrative Procedure Act’s six-year […]

Jun 30, 2026

Jury consulting booms in the Carolinas

Attorneys nationwide are seeing an increase in the use of trial consultants. Those who’ve worked with consultants see their services as valuable contributions to higher verdicts and as leverage for negotiating settlements. In North Carolina and […]

Jun 28, 2026

Home detention cannot exceed remaining incarceration authority

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that home detention under 18 U.S.C. § 3563(b)(19) may be imposed only as a substitute for incarceration and therefore cannot, when […]

Jun 26, 2026

File-sharing conviction qualifies as crime of child abuse under immigration law

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that a New Jersey conviction for knowingly maintaining child sexual abuse material on a file-sharing network categorically qualifies as a removable crime […]

Jun 25, 2026

Sentencing enhancement vacated for lack of predicate felony findings

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a felon-in-possession conviction but vacated the defendant’s 100-month sentence, holding that the district court failed to identify or make the factual […]

Jun 24, 2026

Fraud claims against hospital revived in surgery dispute

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court applied the wrong statute of limitations when it dismissed fraud and conspiracy claims arising from a hospital’s […]

Jun 23, 2026

Court of Appeals affirms combined reporting for Tractor Supply tax dispute

The South Carolina Department of Revenue proved the retailer’s separate entity reporting method failed to fairly represent its business activity in the state because intercompany transfer pricing arrangements artificially shifted […]

Jun 22, 2026

SC Supreme Court affirms denial of arbitration at Palmetto Bluff over unlawful 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 […]

Jun 18, 2026

County council lacked authority to override planning commission

The South Carolina Court of Appeals held that defendant Georgetown County Council lacked authority to approve a duplex-development application after the Planning Commission recommended denial because county ordinances granting […]

Jun 17, 2026

Sentencing enhancement vacated for Virginia firearm conviction

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a felon-in-possession defendant’s sentence after concluding that a prior Virginia conviction for using a firearm during a robbery was improperly treated as […]

Jun 16, 2026

Notice, not misconduct, was issue in teacher’s hostile work environment case

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 […]