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First Amendment trumps NAACP’s trademark, 4th Circuit rules
An anti-abortion group did not infringe upon the NAACP’s trademark by referring to the venerable Baltimore-based black civil rights group as the “National Association for the Abortion of Colored...
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American Bar Association investigating Charleston School of Law
Charleston School of Law students and the faculty members who survived a recent layoff should expect to see a new face on campus soon – an investigator from the American Bar Association. The...
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Law library fees quietly add up
When defendants are convicted in Florence County, a small fee that they and their attorneys have overlooked for years is being added to their criminal fines to support a courthouse law library that no...
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Lawyers on the Move — June 2015
McAngus Goudelock & Courie, a regional insurance defense firm, announces the addition of litigation attorneys Danielle Payne and Greg Collins to the firm’s Charleston office. Payne will focus on...
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S.C. newspaper files FOIA suit against state police, North Augusta
A South Carolina newspaper may be taking a city and the state’s top law enforcement agency to court next month. The Aiken Standard filed a complaint in Aiken County Circuit Court on June 4 over...
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Federal judge rebukes ALJ for browbeating witness
An administrative law judge wound up on the business end of a stern rebuke from a federal judge after he pulled aside an expert witness for a private conversation after the record in the case had been...
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Meet the new boss: Charleston law hires another president with an InfiLaw...
For the second time in less than a year, the Charleston School of Law has hired a president who has ties to InfiLaw. The move has deepened an already substantial wedge between the school’s owners,...
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S.C. attorneys witness anniversary of Magna Carta in England
Two South Carolina attorneys have the opportunity to witness an honoring of legislative history. King John signing Magna Carta, England, 1215 Joel Collins of Collins & Lacy and William Hubbard of...
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Laborers get first dibs, appeals court says
Laborers do not have to be directly employed by a company in order to be entitled to a first lien according to state law, the South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled on June 10. The statute at issue in...
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5 counties sue electronic mortgage registry system
A lawsuit filed by five South Carolina counties challenging the practices of a national electronic mortgage document registry system has survived a pair of motions to dismiss filed by the company and...
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An exclusive: Details on Charleston School of Law president’s meeting with...
Private, for-profit law school established in downtown Charleston in 2003 now has a $6 million debt hanging over its head and seeks wealthy suitor, preferably an existing academic institution, to...
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State Supreme Court reverts to trial court’s murder conviction
The South Carolina Supreme Court has reinstated a man’s murder conviction, overturning an appeals court decision that the trial jury should have received instructions on a voluntary manslaughter...
View ArticleBar Discipline Roundup: Saluda attorney disbarred
Attorney: Daniel A. Beck Location: Saluda Bar membership: Member since 1977 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on June 10, retroactive to the date of his interim suspension Background: For about 11 years,...
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Correction to June 8 story ‘Credibility of witnesses key in $600K auto...
The story “Credibility of witnesses key in $600K auto accident verdict,” which appeared in the June 8 issue of South Carolina Lawyers Weekly and in various online forms, contained several factual...
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Lawyers on the Move — June 2015
McAngus Goudelock & Courie, a regional insurance defense firm, announces the addition of litigation attorneys Danielle Payne and Greg Collins to the firm’s Charleston office. Payne will focus on...
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Supreme Court says ineffective counsel can be argued in PCR hearing
The South Carolina Supreme Court has granted a post-conviction relief evidentiary hearing to Anthony Sanders five years after he was found guilty of murdering three people. On June 17, the Supreme...
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If the 13th Circuit public defender and solicitor were siblings and Greenville County was their parent, identifying the favorite child would be simple. He’d be the one with cash spilling from his...
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Charleston School of Law’s downward spiral benefits competitors
Charleston School of Law students are running from the tumult on their campus and into the open arms of nearby law schools, some of which appear to be ramping up recruitment efforts in the Holy City....
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COA: Testimony on loan balance is hearsay if loan documents not admitted into...
Finding guidance from out-of-state court decisions in considering a first-impression issue, the South Carolina Court of Appeals held on June 17 that without supporting documentation, a loan purchaser...
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Cyclist injured by falling treetop agrees to $1.8M settlement
A woman who was hit on the head by a falling treetop as she was pedaling along a bicycle path in Hilton Head Island has reached a $1.8 million settlement just as the jury for her case was being...
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