South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Feb 22, 2024

Court rejects representatives’ appeal over mask rule fines

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected appeals from three Republican U.S. House members who challenged fines for not wearing face coverings on the House floor in 2021. […]

Feb 7, 2024

Third Circuit: Refusal to wear mask isn’t free speech

TRENTON, N.J. — A federal appeals court shot down claims Monday that New Jersey residents’ refusal to wear face masks at school board meetings during the COVID-19 outbreak constituted protected […]

Oct 10, 2023

Florida settles lawsuit over COVID-19 data

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida will have to provide COVID-19 data to the public again after a former Democratic state representative settled a lawsuit with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration over […]

Jul 24, 2023

SC inmates among those charged in fraud scheme

Nine current or former inmates of the South Carolina Department of Corrections and six other people have been indicted for allegedly receiving more than $4 million in fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment benefits. A federal grand jury has returned a 51-count indictment against the current or former inmates and the six others for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, a news release says.

May 16, 2023

Striking of unvaccinated jurors didn’t violate Sixth Amendment

By Nick Hurston A federal district court didn’t violate the Sixth Amendment right of criminal defendants to a jury of their peers when it struck potential jurors who were unvaccinated […]

Mar 24, 2023

Court blocks COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US gov’t workers

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s order that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 has been blocked by a federal appeals court. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]

Sep 30, 2022

Getting ready for the end of the federal PHE

By Jenna K. Godlewski and Alice V. Harris, Nexsen Pruet The current extension of the federal public health emergency declared as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic (“PHE”) will expire […]

Jan 14, 2022

Looking ahead to 2022: Keep on keeping on

“Welcome back!” Those are the words that many managing partners across South Carolina and elsewhere have been dying to utter since COVID-19 forced lawyers and professional staff to abandon their […]

Nov 5, 2021

S.C. officials push back on employer vaccine mandate

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican state officials reacted with swift rebukes Thursday to President Joe Biden’s newly detailed mandate for private employers to require workers to be vaccinated against […]

Oct 6, 2021

Court keeps South Carolina school mask mandate ban on hold

South Carolina districts can continue to require face coverings to protect against the coronavirus in the state’s schools under an appellate court’s decision this week. On Tuesday, the 4th U.S. […]

Oct 1, 2021

S.C. court upholds mask ban; trumped by federal ruling

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two days after a federal judge decided that South Carolina’s ban on school mask requirements discriminates against medically fragile students, the state Supreme Court disagreed, in […]

Sep 30, 2021

Official: Ruling means SC schools can require masks

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — School districts in South Carolina now have the authority to require masks and should check with their lawyers on what kind of accommodations they need to […]