Phishing attack targets SC lawyers
State and federal courts are sounding an alarm about phishing attempts using an email that purports to be from the federal court system. A warning on the website for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the...
View Article4th Circuit: Officials weren’t deliberately indifferent to inmate’s complaints
Where four prison officials recognized a risk of harm to an inmate, and their response was, at worst, negligent, they prevailed on the inmate’s deliberate indifference claim. Background Harris Ford, an...
View ArticleCondemned inmates’ attorneys seek holiday execution pause
COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Supreme Court has not set a date for the state’s next execution after attorneys for four inmates out of appeals asked the court to postpone deaths until after Christmas...
View ArticleProbe blocks ethics hearing into former clerk in Murdaugh trial
The state hearing into the actions of the clerk of court involved in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial won’t be held “due to a pending criminal investigation undertaken by the Attorney General’s office,”...
View Article4th Circuit overturns Murdaugh associate’s conviction
A ruling Thursday by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the conviction and prison sentence of a banker and associate of murderer Alex Murdaugh, The Post and Courier newspaper reported....
View ArticleConference offers insight into, information for estate planning
More than 200 lawyers and other financial experts from across the United States attended the Joseph F. Rice School of Law’s inaugural Estate Planning Conference last month. Topics addressed at the Oct....
View ArticleVIDEO: Helene response made smoother by pandemic planning
Brian King, founder of the multicity King Law practice, and his colleagues set up contingency procedures when the COVID-19 pandemic swept the nation several years ago. In this video, he discusses how...
View ArticleVIDEO: Legal system rebuilds, plans ahead after Helene
The nation — not just the states — watched in horror as the South Carolina Upstate and the North Carolina mountains were attacked in late September by the wind, rain and floods that came from...
View ArticleCandidates clear hurdle to beginning their legal careers
Almost 300 candidates recently cleared a key hurdle to begin their legal careers — earning a passing score on South Carolina’s bar exam. The South Carolina Supreme Court recently released the list of...
View ArticleArbitration provisions bind insured seeking to enforce contract
Insureds seeking to enforce contracts between their providers and a health insurer are estopped from avoiding the application of the arbitration provisions in those contracts, the South Carolina Court...
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Award-winning paralegals excel in their careers
By Teri Saylor There’s little more exciting in a paralegal’s professional life than hearing her or his name called out during an awards ceremony, the hallmark of involvement in professional...
View ArticleTips on giving feedback to associates
By Jay Sullivan As the year draws to a close, many associates will be receiving their annual performance reviews. How they receive that information will depend in large part on whether the review takes...
View Article4th Circuit: Indictment doesn’t shield officers from claim
Where a man was indicted by federal and state grand juries for drug crimes, but he alleged that law enforcement withheld exculpatory evidence that was material to the finding of probable cause, the...
View ArticleBankruptcy Court’s local rule revisions soon come into effect
A series of revisions to 10 local rules for the Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina will take effect Dec. 1. The court announced the proposed changes Oct. 25, and all of them were...
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Law ‘n History: Thaw ices White
By R. Marc Kantrowitz So scandalous was the trial that the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution calling for President Teddy Roosevelt to ban the postal service from delivering newspapers...
View ArticleDrunken driver who killed bride given 25-year sentence
A woman who admitted to drinking and who was driving well over twice the speed limit when she smashed into a golf cart, killing a bride who had just got married at a South Carolina beach, was sentenced...
View ArticleLaw firms face wide array of cyberthreats
By Gina F. Rubel (First in a series) Law firms and their clients are facing an unprecedented rise in cybercrime, with 2024 being the biggest year yet for cybersecurity incidents. The American Lawyer...
View ArticleAppeals Court among 51 judicial seats legislators will fill
South Carolina legislators will choose between three candidates to fill an open seat on the state’s Court of Appeals in the Feb. 5 judicial election. The selection is part of the election for 51...
View ArticleTenant files lawsuit after falling through apartment floor
A former tenant has sued the developer and owner of the Robert Smalls Townhomes in Spartanburg after falling through her kitchen floor and suffering injuries requiring $227,000 in medical treatment....
View ArticleBrief challenges agencies’ use of emergency rulemaking power
South Carolina has joined eight other states in a brief urging the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to curtail federal agencies’ power to bypass public input requirements when enacting binding regulations....
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