South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Nov 28, 2023

Celebs, politicians face Adult Survivors Act lawsuits

NEW YORK — For a year, New York‘s Adult Survivors Act suspended the usual legal deadlines to give sexual assault victims one last chance to file lawsuits over misconduct that […]

Nov 24, 2023

Lawsuit accuses Cosby of sexual abuse in ’80s

NEW YORK — A woman who worked as a stand-in at “The Cosby Show” in the 1980s said in a lawsuit Tuesday that Bill Cosby drugged and sexually abused her […]

Nov 20, 2023

Expiring law launched over 2,500 abuse suits

ALBANY, N.Y. — For a year, a special New York law has cleared the way for a wave of headline-grabbing lawsuits against famous men accused of sexual misconduct, including former […]

Nov 17, 2023

State will automatically seal old criminal records

ALBANY, N.Y. — New Yorkers who complete their sentences and stay out of trouble for a certain period of time will have their criminal records automatically sealed under a long-awaited […]

Nov 6, 2023

Trump’s history provide clues about his NY trial testimony

NEW YORK — Donald Trump has testified in court as a football owner, casino builder and airline buyer. He bragged in a deposition that he saved “millions of lives” by […]

Oct 4, 2023

Trump’s post prompts gag order from judge

NEW YORK — Rebuking Donald Trump, a state court judge imposed a limited gag order Tuesday in the former president’s civil business fraud trial and ordered him to delete a […]

Sep 27, 2023

Judge rules Trump committed long-running fraud

NEW YORK — A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House, and […]

Sep 6, 2023

NYPD agrees to reform protest tactics

NEW YORK — New York City’s police department has agreed to adopt new policies intended to safeguard the rights of protesters as part of a legal settlement stemming from its […]