A South Carolina school district has hit a setback in its quest to recoup millions of dollars that were allegedly siphoned off as part of a massive kickback scheme orchestrated by its CFO. The school district wants to take the ...
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By Patrick Hoff and Renee Sexton Employment law attorneys say they don’t anticipate an influx of complaints after a new U.S. Department of Labor rule regarding overtime pay takes effect in 2020. The rule change will make an estimated 1.3 ...
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The family of a South Carolina prison inmate who was killed by another inmate has received $600,000 and a public apology from the South Carolina Department of Corrections after the two sides reached a settlement agreement shortly before they ...
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When John Kassel first walked into the 1895 house that currently is home to his Columbia law practice, he was captivated by the double staircase greeting him in the entry hall. He was at the Laurel Street house for ...
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A South Carolina law that took effect earlier this year seeks to prevent an outbreak of holiday home hassles and allow for the orderly dissolution of resort timeshare plans, many of which are slated to expire in the coming ...
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A Chesterfield County man who has spent the last 13 years in prison has had his murder conviction overturned after the South Carolina Supreme Court found that the trial prosecutor had made “blatantly improper” comments during closing argument that ...
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The family of a woman killed in a tractor-trailer crash will receive $9.5 million in a confidential wrongful death settlement, the family’s attorney reports. Cameron “Bozzie” Boggs in Greenville reports that the woman was killed immediately when a tractor-trailer ...
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University of South Carolina School of Law Dean Robert Wilcox is stepping down at the end of the spring 2020 semester. He will relinquish his role as dean of the law school, but will continue to teach classes. Wilcox ...
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Local commuters call it “Malfunction Junction”: a spaghetti-style network of roads, ramps and flyovers where Interstates 26, 20 and 126 converge north of downtown Columbia, where traffic congestion and delays are part of the daily drive. The South Carolina ...
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An injunction that prevents Lowcountry attorney George Sink Jr. from using his birth name to advertise his new law firm will remain in place after a federal judge reiterated that his father, George Sink Sr., was likely to succeed in ...
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South Carolina Lawyers Weekly
