The South Carolina Supreme Court is currently considering a case that may require private nonprofits which receive government funding to reveal how they spend it. The case began in 2013 as a conflict between a local businessman and the Hilton Head ...

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It is unclear what Dr. Marie Assa’ad-Faltas does for a living these days, but according to a recent state Supreme Court opinion, she has made a career abusing the justice system. The June 21 opinion could not deal with the ...

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Clarifying a misunderstanding that it helped create through prior decisions, the state Supreme Court held Nov. 2 that in considering whether the third element of a prescriptive easement has been met, “adverse use” and “claim of right” should be taken ...

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I like cooking my family and my pets. Let’s eat Grandpa! We’re going to learn to cut and paste kids! These are just a few of the viral examples of how commas not only matter, they save lives. And not ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The chief judge of the South Carolina Court of Appeals is the newest justice on the state Supreme Court. In a joint session, legislators elected Judge John Few on Wednesday to fill the vacancy left by ...

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Police across South Carolina are going to have a more difficult time using the knock-and-talk technique as a way to peek inside the homes of suspected criminals in the wake of a landmark state Supreme Court decision.

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COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina’s highest court on Wednesday further reduced the penalty against a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary accused of deceptive marketing of an anti-psychotic drug. In its ruling, the state Supreme Court ordered Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., to pay ...

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The legal fight over juvenile sentencing standards in South Carolina is finished. But its ending segues into a new challenge for some of the state’s trial judges, prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys.

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The South Carolina Supreme Court has used its super powers to erase history yet again.

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The case of LeAndra Lewis, an exotic dancer who was maimed during a shootout at a Columbia strip club, has generated plenty of wink-and-nod jokes. But she had the last laugh earlier this month.

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