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Ex-inmates sue over jail beatings, blaming overcrowding
Two former inmates who say they were severely beaten at an overcrowded South Carolina jail are suing the sheriff’s office. The Greenville News reports Brett Ferguson and Adam Brodsky blame the longstanding overcrowding issues for the attacks, and said Pickens County jail staff didn’t intervene. The sheriff’s office has blamed the inmates’ behavior on the […]
Prisons aim to jam phones, detect drones carrying contraband
COLUMBIA (AP) Next month, South Carolina prison officials will test equipment that can jam the signals of contraband cellphones used by inmates, but the state prison director said he needs more technology than that to keep prisons safe. The jamming device will be tested at part of Lee Correctional Institution, where seven inmates died in […]
Federal officials: Prison cellphone jamming test a success
COLUMBIA (AP) Federal officials say they conducted a successful test earlier this year of a jamming technology some hope will help combat the threat posed by inmates with smuggled cellphones. A report obtained June 15 by The Associated Press details the January 17 test of micro-jamming technology at a federal prison in Cumberland, Maryland. Officials […]
3 jail inmates charged in attack on guard in South Carolina
YORK (AP) Three inmates have been arrested after a guard was attacked at a South Carolina jail. A police report says a guard at the York County jail was shoved and threatened about 7:30 p.m. March 17. The report says 41-year-old David Easter of Rock Hill shoved the guard. The guard and another officer subdued […]
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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