South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

For years, attorneys with the South Carolina Department of Social Services have argued that a state Supreme Court decision prevented foster parents from pursuing private adoption actions of children placed in their homes. But the high court obliterated that argument ...

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  A North Carolina “career offender” serving 25 years after pleading guilty to gun and drug charges is looking at some degree of relief after the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Dec. 21 that the standards of review ...

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  The attorney’s fee provision in a promissory note covered the costs incurred in collecting the debt post-judgment, the South Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled. The court rejected the so-called “merger doctrine” in a case of first impression, which ...

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What cable television did for TV and blogs and Twitter did for the internet—vastly expand the number and diversity of voices that people could choose from—the podcast is doing for your daily commute (or your workout). Whereas your drive-time listening ...

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In November, Wake Forest University School of Law became the first law school in the Carolinas to accept the Graduate Record Exam in lieu of the Law School Admissions Test to evaluate prospective students. So far, no others have shown ...

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Administrative APA & Mandamus – Savannah River Site – Nuclear Fuel Removal South Carolina v. United States (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-092-17, 37 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 1:16-cv-00391; D.S.C. Holding: Although traditional mandamus jurisprudence gives courts discretion as to whether ...

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Stephen and Maria Wall have a pretty “suite” deal going on inside their Hilton Head home, and the state Court of Appeals has ruled against the property owners’ association claiming that the couple’s subleasing is an impermissible business.   The ...

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I really don’t know why an article about modular furniture finally pushed me over the edge, but that’s where I find myself, and so I’m here today to tell you that almost everything you’ve ever read about “Millennials” is wrong. ...

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  Hit-and-run victim Willie Jordan is no Sam Spade. After being struck down in the parking lot of a Columbia liquor store, Jordan didn’t do enough sleuthing to discover the identity of the driver — despite the fact that the ...

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  After 16 years in America, an Argentinian “tourist” is being deported without a hearing after the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that despite the absence of a signed waiver, he in fact waived his right to contest ...

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