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Jun 22, 2026

SC Supreme Court affirms denial of arbitration at Palmetto Bluff over unlawful limitations period

  A Palmetto Bluff resort-community arbitration clause was unenforceable because the parties did not clearly delegate arbitrability issues to an arbitrator and the provision’s 60-day deadline for initiating arbitration unlawfully […]

Jun 16, 2026

Anderson County attorney receives interim suspension

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Jun 16, 2026

Marion County attorney placed on interim suspension

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Jun 11, 2026

Tort/Negligence – South Carolina’s Protection of Persons and Property Act – Self-Defense

A grocery store and its owner were immune from negligence-based claims arising from an employee’s justified fatal shooting of a customer because the employee’s stand-your-ground immunity established that no underlying […]

Jun 11, 2026

Arbitration – Membership Agreements – Unlawful Statute of Limitations Period

A Palmetto Bluff resort-community arbitration clause was unenforceable because the parties did not clearly delegate arbitrability issues to an arbitrator and the provision’s 60-day deadline for initiating arbitration unlawfully shortened […]

Jun 4, 2026

Attorneys – Mitigating Factors – No Prior Disciplinary History

We suspended attorney Respondent for six months for misconduct involving false COVID-19 continuance claims, public disclosure of client information, and submission of an improperly notarized affidavit, while recognizing her remorse, […]

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled 3-2 this week that the state constitution prohibits paying private or religious school tuition or fees with ‘Education Scholarship Trust Funds,’ but the decision did not bar the funds’ use for indirect expenses such as tutoring, textbooks or other educational material. (Associated Press file)
Jun 3, 2026

Receivership upheld to protect asbestos claimants’ recovery efforts

  The South Carolina Supreme Court largely upheld a pre-judgment receivership imposed on a foreign asbestos company, finding substantial evidence that the company engaged in conduct designed to hinder asbestos […]

May 27, 2026

Attorneys – No Prior Disciplinary History – Failure to Maintain Copies of All Required Financial Records

Public reprimand is an adequate sanction for Respondent’s misconduct. We accepted the Agreement and publicly reprimanded Respondent for his misconduct. In this attorney disciplinary matter, Respondent and the Office of […]

May 15, 2026

Criminal Practice – Protection of Persons and Property Act – Immunity from Prosecution

The court of appeals erred in finding Respondent was entitled to an entirely new, second immunity hearing under the Protection of Persons and Property Act following the mistrial. We reversed […]


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