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Lawmakers restore vision screenings for license renewals
COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina lawmakers have passed legislation restoring mandatory vision screenings for drivers who renew their licenses. The House voted 99-8 Tuesday to concur with a Senate amendment that would apply the new vision test. The bill, introduced in the House in January, is headed to Gov. Henry McMaster for his signature. Drivers can […]
This week SC drivers can get suspensions reduced or cleared
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — This week is driver amnesty week in South Carolina, a time when drivers with certain kinds of license suspensions may apply to have suspension time reduced or cleared. The Department of Motor Vehicles says the program assists drivers with license suspensions for having too many points or for driving an unlicensed […]
Administrative – DUI – Driver’s License Revocation – Evidence – Breathalyzer Test
South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles v. Brown (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-005-14, 16 pp.) (Jean Hoefer Toal, Ch.J.) (Costa M. Pleicones, J., concurring) (Donald W. Beatty, J., joined by Kaye G. Hearn, J., dissenting) Appealed from the Administrative Law Court (Carolyn C. Matthews, ALJ) On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. S.C. S. […]
Privacy ruling forces lawyers to handle DMV data with care
Four of South Carolina’s most prominent trial lawyers are facing potential liability for millions of dollars in damages in the wake of the June 17 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to broaden the protections afforded personal information compiled by state departments of motor vehicles.
DMV plans more realistic driving tests
South Carolina officials say they plan to put new drivers through a more realistic road test before giving them a license.
DMV can’t use hearsay evidence to suspend licenses
By PAUL THARP, Staff Writer [email protected] The Department of Motor Vehicles cannot use hearsay evidence to suspend a driver’s licenses, the S.C. Supreme Court ruled Jan. 24 in an apparent first-impression decision. West Columbia attorney Heath P. Taylor, who represented the defendant on appeal, said the justices “reaffirmed general hearsay rules we’ve always h[...]
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
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- Virginia Tech student got due process in hearing
- 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
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