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Attorney general defends choice to fire special prosecutor
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s top lawyer on Wednesday defended his decision to fire a special prosecutor he had appointed to investigate corruption within South Carolina’s Legislature, saying he didn’t feel a good job was being done with the case and that the man chosen hadn’t even been among his top five candidates for […]
North Carolina AG won’t defend transgender law in court
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s new law limiting LGBT protections is a “national embarrassment,” and the state’s lawyers won’t defend it against a federal challenge from gay rights advocates, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Tuesday. The law Republican Gov. Pat McCrory signed last week requires people to use multi-stall bathrooms that match their birth [&[...]
Officials clash over role of prosecutor in legislative probe
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The state attorney general sought Monday to remove a special prosecutor tasked with investigating legislative corruption — citing an “obvious abuse of power” — but the prosecutor indicated he wouldn’t step down without a court’s intervention. In a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press, Chief Deputy Attorney General John McIntosh [&hellip[...]
Rules proposed for AG’s contracts with private lawyers
A legislative proposal to bring consistency and transparency to no-bid contingency fee arrangements between the South Carolina attorney general and private lawyers who prosecute multimillion-dollar consumer fraud actions on the state’s behalf appears to be gaining traction this session. “This is something that many states are moving toward to give attorneys general and private attorneys [&hell[...]
Attorney General to visit 6 cities to highlight police work
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Loretta Lynch plans to visit six cities in the coming months to highlight police departments she sees as role models for law enforcement. The locations were chosen because they embody a particular trait of successful policing, such as effective use of data, strong community relationships or a commitment to officer […]
Supreme Court: Trial court failed to prove current risk of sexual recidivism
The state failed to prove that a man with a history of sexual assaults against minors is currently a sexually violent predator, prompting the South Carolina Supreme Court on July 1 to overturn lower court rulings that had him involuntarily committed to the South Carolina Department of Mental Health. Christopher Taft, now 24, spent more […]
Criminal Practice – Constitutional – Municipal & Magistrate Courts – Attorney General – Authority to Prosecute
State v. Long (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-006-14, 6 pp.) (Costa M. Pleicones, J.) On writ of certiorari. S.C. S. Ct. Holding: In light of this court’s longstanding recognition of the broad prosecutorial authority of the Attorney General and the limited practical effect that S.C. Const. art. V, § 24 had on that authority, we hold […]
AG under scrutiny for not reporting donations
South Carolina's top prosecutor is under scrutiny for not reporting roughly a dozen donations on campaign filings.
Solicitors to appeal SC justices’ docket ruling
HILTON HEAD ISLAND (AP) - South Carolina’s top prosecutors have asked the state Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that took control of trial dockets from them.
Civil Practice – Consumer Complaint – Attorney General – Pharmacy Chains – Remand
State of West Virginia ex rel. Darrell V. McGraw Jr., AG v. CVS Pharmacy Inc. A consumer complaint filed in state court by the Attorney General of West Virginia against five pharmacy chains that allegedly sold generic drugs to West Virginia consumers without passing the cost savings on to the consumers should have been remanded from federal court back to state court; the 4th Circuit says [...]
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- My goal: Provide the information that you need now
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
- N.C. Bar Association embraces homophobia
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