4th Circuit affirms Walmart win in ADA, FMLA, Title VII suit
The 4th Circuit upheld summary judgment for Walmart in a South Carolina suit over ADA, Title VII, and FMLA claims after pregnancy.
SC to receive $10M in opioid settlement with 8 drugmakers
South Carolina will get up to $10 million from a $720 million opioid settlement involving eight pharmaceutical companies, state officials announced.
Death row inmate seeks to drop counsel
A South Carolina death row inmate wants to drop his legal team to speed up his execution, despite concerns over his mental health history.
Supreme Court: States can cut Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON — States can block the country’s biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid money for health services such as contraception and cancer screenings, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday. […]
Court rules SC tax credit is annual
South Carolina Court of Appeals says $5M investment tax credit is annual, overturning lifetime cap interpretation in Duke Energy case.
South Carolina Supreme Court upholds contested eviction order
South Carolina Supreme Court reinstates eviction, ruling magistrates can proceed even if tenants dispute landlord's title to the property.
Second inmate chooses death by firing squad
COLUMBIA — A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by that method. Mikal […]
Legislators tout sub-4% flat tax plan
COLUMBIA — The constant push to cut income taxes in South Carolina accelerated significantly Tuesday as the Republican governor and leaders of the House and Senate came together to promise […]
Lawyers suspended over nonpayment of fees
Ten lawyers with practices in South Carolina have had their licenses suspended for not having paid license fees, an order from the state’s Supreme Court says. Another 13 lawyers practicing […]
Organized thieves challenged by new law
A new state law takes aim at highly organized retailed thieves. Prefiled slightly more than three months ago in the South Carolina House, H. 3523 cleared its final General Assembly […]
SC inmate set to die by firing squad
COLUMBIA — When the clock strikes 6 p.m. today, Brad Sigmon will walk into the death chamber, be strapped into a chair and have a target placed over his heart. […]
Justices again take up abortion issue
COLUMBIA — With a heartbeat abortion ban solidly in place in South Carolina, lawyers for the state and Planned Parenthood returned to the state’s highest court Wednesday to argue how […]
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