Picture this: a bottle of beer all alone in the corner of a fridge, scaring away the rest of the food items, all of which are wearing surgical masks. The beer was a Corona, and this image was perhaps ...

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By Katherine Kayatta In the last couple of weeks, nearly all in-person meetings have come to a grinding halt as the world hunkers down during the COVID-19 pandemic. Litigators, whose practices frequently require in-person contact at depositions, mediations and court ...

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As attorneys grapple with COVID-19, they’re coming up with creative solutions to keep their firms’ lights on, even as many of them are working from home as they deal with an unprecedented situation one day at a time. “We are ...

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South Carolina attorneys are well-versed in the pivoting and maneuvering that happens so fast and often in the courtroom, but an opponent that no one saw coming is testing their collective flexibility and mettle like never before. The novel coronavirus ...

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South Carolina health officials announced 22 new cases of coronavirus Sunday, bringing the statewide total to 195 cases. New positive COVID-19 cases were detected in 12 counties, according to a news release from the South Carolina Department of Health and ...

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In a nearly empty Statehouse with especially worried members voting from the balcony, the South Carolina House approved $45 million Thursday for state health officials to fight the new coronavirus. Gov. Henry McMaster took the unheard of step of immediately ...

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BY DAVID DONOVAN and KRIS OLSON The decision to cancel this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was heart-wrenching for more than just die-hard college basketball fans. The tournament generates more than $1 billion in ...

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As South Carolina reported its first death Monday from the new coronavirus, lawmakers plan to return to the Capitol, but only long enough to pass a $45 million emergency request from state health officials. State senators planned a normal week ...

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As the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to dominate international headlines, attorneys say they are increasingly getting calls from employers inquiring about possible legal issues if their employees became infected. It turns out that a virus that originated on ...

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