South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Jul 23, 2026

ATI exemption cannot include double-counted improvements

The South Carolina Court of Appeals held that a property’s pre-sale fair market value, not that value plus pre-sale improvements already reflected in an Assessable Transfer of Interest appraisal, must […]

Jul 22, 2026

Negligence claim survives FTCA’s intentional tort exception

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that although the Federal Tort Claims Act barred most claims arising from an alleged assault by a postal employee, a negligence […]

Jul 21, 2026

The legal confusion surrounding e-bikes

What counts as an e-bike and what crosses the line into e-moto, moped or small motorcycle territory? It’s a question the federal government and most state and local […]

Jul 20, 2026

Juror’s hearing impairment required individualized accommodation inquiry

The South Carolina Court of Appeals reversed a conviction and resulting life-without-parole sentence, holding that the trial court improperly excused a prospective juror with a hearing impairment without first determining […]

Jul 17, 2026

Agency must apply two-step analysis before finding particularly serious crime

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that immigration authorities applied the wrong legal framework when determining that a Virginia domestic violence conviction constituted a “particularly serious crime” […]

Jul 16, 2026

Firearm suppressed after officers seized parked motorist without reasonable suspicion

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that police unlawfully seized a man sitting in a parked vehicle before detecting the odor of marijuana because an anonymous tip […]

Jul 15, 2026

New dedicated coverage of tech challenges facing law firms and legal departments

Dear Readers: In the time that I’ve served this publication as a staff writer and editor, I’ve learned that the legal profession is often hesitant to embrace change—and perhaps that’s […]

Jul 14, 2026

New law aims at squatters, eviction delays

South Carolina property owners now have a faster legal path to remove people unlawfully occupying their homes under a new law signed June 30, according to Live 5 News in […]

Jul 13, 2026

AEDPA bars habeas relief on speedy trial claim

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal habeas order granting relief to a South Carolina inmate, holding that the U.S. District Court failed to apply the […]

Jul 10, 2026

BIA used wrong standard to reverse CAT protection

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Board of Immigration Appeals failed to apply the proper standard of review when it overturned an immigration judge’s grant of […]

Jul 9, 2026

Circumstantial evidence insufficient to support murder conviction

The South Carolina Court of Appeals reversed murder and weapon convictions, holding that the State’s circumstantial evidence created only a suspicion of guilt and was insufficient to allow a reasonable […]

Jul 8, 2026

GPS search unconstitutional, but robbery conviction stands

Although police violated the defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights by obtaining GPS location data from his private bond company without a warrant, the error was harmless because overwhelming independent evidence […]