South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Jul 28, 2026

Reputational management: Making your public statements as impactful and effective as possible

Public statements are more than just words – they’re powerful communications tools for attorneys and law firms. Whether addressing sensitive internal issues, celebrating courtroom successes, commenting on public issues, or […]

Jul 20, 2026

US appeals court strikes down New Jersey’s assault weapons ban on AR-15s

A federal appeals court on July 17 ruled that New Jersey’s assault-weapons law barring possession of semiautomatic rifles like AR-15s and large capacity magazines containing more than 10 rounds of […]

Jun 30, 2026

US Supreme Court takes up Pepsi ‘Mtn Dew Rise’ trademark dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on June 29 to hear a bid by canned-coffee maker Rise Brewing to hold PepsiCo liable for alleged trademark infringement concerning Pepsi’s morning energy drink […]

Jun 30, 2026

SCOTUS News: 4th Amendment extended to cellphone location data

· The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that police conduct a Fourth Amendment search when obtaining cellphone location data from Google’s geofence database. · The case arose from […]

Jun 29, 2026

SCOTUS News: Court rules customs agents can turn back asylum seekers

An alien standing in Mexico does not “arrive” in the United States by attempting, and failing to set foot in this country and, therefore, is not entitled to apply for […]

Jun 28, 2026

SCOTUS News: State concealed-carry restriction violates 2nd Amendment

A state law prohibiting licensed concealed-carry permit holders from carrying handguns on private property open to the public without the property owner’s express authorization violates the Second and Fourteenth […]

Jun 25, 2026

SCOTUS News: Justices shut down Roundup failure-to-warn claims

Federal law governing the labeling of pesticides preempts a state failure-to-warn claim against the Monsanto Company for failing to include a cancer warning on the label for its Roundup weedkiller […]

Jun 25, 2026

Trump’s power takes center stage in US Supreme Court’s home stretch

The U.S. Supreme Court‘s current term is rapidly approaching a climactic finale in which some of its biggest cases yet to be decided will test Donald Trump’s aggressive […]

Jun 24, 2026

US Supreme Court ends suit alleging Cisco helped China pursue Falun Gong

The U.S. Supreme Court further limited the reach of a federal law used to hold corporations liable for human rights abuses committed abroad, as it issued a ruling on Tuesday […]

Jun 23, 2026

SCOTUS News: ‘State-court loser’ can’t seek relief in federal court

The Rooker-Feldman doctrine applied to deprive a federal court of jurisdiction to hear a challenge to a state-court consent order imposing conditions on the release of a patient from a […]

Jun 18, 2026

SCOTUS News: Justices uphold gun rights of marijuana users

The government violated the Second Amendment rights of a man who regularly used marijuana by prosecuting him under a federal law prohibiting the possession of a gun in the home […]

Jun 16, 2026

SCOTUS News: Ex-Twitter employee gets conviction tossed for venue error

A former Twitter employee facing charges for falsification of documents to obstruct a federal investigation is entitled to be tried in the district where the alleged falsification occurred rather the […]