SEC seeks to compel Musk’s testimony in probe
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday it is seeking a court order that would compel Elon Musk to testify as part of an investigation into his purchase of Twitter, now called X. The SEC...
View ArticleNo indictments in hotel’s deadly collapse
NEW ORLEANS — A grand jury in Louisiana has decided against indicting anyone in the deadly collapse four years ago of a Hard Rock Hotel that was under construction in New Orleans. The panel, which...
View ArticleFlorida settles lawsuit over COVID-19 data
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida will have to provide COVID-19 data to the public again after a former Democratic state representative settled a lawsuit with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration...
View ArticleBiden documents probe might be near end
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s interview with prosecutors over his handling of classified documents signals that a sprawling investigation that has included questioning of some of his closest aides...
View ArticleJudge won’t block NM gun limitations
SANTA FE, N.M. — A federal judge cleared the way Wednesday for enforcement of a public health order that suspends the right to carry guns at public parks and playgrounds in New Mexico’s largest metro...
View ArticleAdmiralty court cancels Titanic salvage hearing
NORFOLK, Va. — A federal admiralty court in Virginia has canceled a Friday hearing to discuss a contested expedition to the Titanic after the salvage firm scaled back its dive plans. But a looming...
View ArticleVIDEO: School brings lawyers to ‘legal deserts’
Instead of clients coming to a legal clinic at the University of South Carolina School of Law, the school takes the clinic to them. The Palmetto LEADER is a bus set up to work as a law office,...
View ArticleCourt to decide fate of school shooting records
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A lawsuit over whether the families of school shooting victims have a right to control what the public learns about a massacre was argued inside a packed Tennessee courtroom on...
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LEGAL DESERTS: Scarcity of lawyers threatens justice in many rural areas
The Carolinas feature much in the way of habitats and landscapes. There are mountains, flatlands, foothills and oceans. And deserts. These deserts are not barren areas devoid of water and life, but...
View ArticleDecades after juvenile guilty plea, ‘model inmate’ once again denied parole
A man who has spent 50 years incarcerated for murdering his neighbor at age 17 was denied parole for the 18th time. The South Carolina Court of Appeals reluctantly affirmed the denial, suggesting...
View Article4th Circuit joins other courts on attorneys’ fees
By Nick Hurston Joining every other circuit to decide the issue, a divided 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overruled its precedent that preliminary injunctions can’t convey “prevailing party”...
View ArticlePowell pleads guilty in Georgia election case
ATLANTA — Lawyer Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to reduced charges Thursday over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election in Georgia, becoming the second defendant in the sprawling...
View ArticleState Supreme Court to hear arguments at Furman
When Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty gavels the South Carolina Supreme Court into session Tuesday and Wednesday, its members will not be in their high-ceiling, ornate Columbia courtroom. The state’s...
View ArticleManhunt for Maryland judge slaying suspect continues
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — A manhunt for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Maryland judge continued for a fourth day Sunday as authorities completed their search of an area where the suspect’s SUV was found....
View ArticleDOJ broadens investigation of Tesla
DETROIT — Federal prosecutors have expanded investigations into Tesla beyond the electric vehicle maker’s partially automated driving systems, and they have issued subpoenas for information instead of...
View ArticleCharleston Law works to become nonprofit school
Charleston School of Law has made its case to shift from a privately owned for-profit institution to a nonprofit one. The decision is in the hands of the American Bar Association and soon will be...
View ArticleAbortions rise slightly overall after Dobbs decision
The total number of abortions provided in the U.S. rose slightly in the 12 months after states began implementing bans on them throughout pregnancy, a new survey finds. The report out this week from...
View ArticleState reverses racist rejection of lawyer
BALTIMORE, Md. — More than a century after Edward Garrison Draper was rejected for the Maryland Bar due to his race, he has been posthumously admitted. The Supreme Court of Maryland attempted to right...
View ArticleRushdie could confront attack suspect at trial
MAYVILLE, N.Y. — Author Salman Rushdie could take the stand against the man charged with repeatedly stabbing him before a lecture when the defendant goes on trial early next year, a prosecutor said...
View ArticleLawyers challenge Trump’s place on ’24 ballot
DENVER — Colorado lawyers seeking to disqualify former President Donald Trump from running for the White House again argued on Monday that his role in the January 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol runs...
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