JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2025

The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Steptoe LLP, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) came together to challenge the county’s current map under New Yorks Voting Rights Act. In the current map, only four such districts exist.

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 13, 2023

Public access to court data through automated collection of online court records is a fundamental First Amendment right and it is critical to meaningful access to the United States legal system. The recent ruling in South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. While the developments in NAACP v.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Tennessee , North Dakota , Louisiana , Alabama and South Carolina have all faced legal challenges to proposed maps based on racial gerrymandering. Georgia is not the only state facing allegations of racial gerrymandering ahead of the 2024 US General Election.

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Above The Law

MARCH 21, 2025

As a part of the Legal Marketing Associations (LMAs) partnership with Above the Law, each month were here to share a roundup of insights and intel from Strategies & Voices, the official online publication of LMA, dedicated to the craft of legal marketing. in English from the University of South Carolina.

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JURIST

MAY 7, 2024

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. The report, entitled Democracy Defended , specifically focused on voter experiences in seven of the nation’s southern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas. The report highlights four top issues.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 2, 2024

Bloomberg Law News ] * Sixth Circuit shuts down net neutrality because "major questions" means never having to say you have a legal justification. Balls and Strikes ] * South Carolina's execution menu is not cruel and unusual. Reuters ] * You know term limits are a good idea based on the hysterical response.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Many are already doing so by adopting legal and policy tools to encourage the use of smart surfacesa group of technologies and design strategies that mitigate the effects of climate change in urban environments, especially extreme heat, stormwater flooding, and poor air quality. As of today, data in the tracker is drawn from the nine U.S.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 25, 2021

Courtney Troutman (@SCBar_PMAP) is Director of the South Carolina Bar Practice Management Assistance Program , which she founded in 2002. a digital forensics, legal technology and cybersecurity firm based in Fairfax, Va. Maybe one day … until then, a virtual ciao! They are past-chairs of ABA TECHSHOW.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 14, 2022

The South Carolina Supreme Court issued two decisions late in 2021 that may impact employers' and co-workers' potential liability in litigation arising from an employee's discharge.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 14, 2022

TOLEDO, OH—As reports show talent wars are threatening law firms, Shumaker has attracted and hired a dozen new attorneys to join its teams in Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 28, 2021

This has included legal action against states and cities, the flying of giant Confederate battle flags near public roadways, and Confederate flag flyovers at Nascar races. . A number of members listed as active members use email addresses associated with The Citadel, a public military academy located in Charleston, South Carolina. .

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Legal Research is Easy

MAY 4, 2025

recently inserted at least eight earmarks into spending bills, forcing federal taxpayers to put up more than $33 million for things most will never use, like a new trail at Coastal Carolina University and an ROTC facility at the University of South Carolina. Do you really need $33 million to build a trail in South Carolina?

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LLRX

JULY 24, 2023

Cooke , Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and a Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, at the University of South Carolina, identifies the significant and socially charged work of librarians who are defending the rights of readers and writers in the battles raging across the U.S.

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Law 360

JANUARY 24, 2024

A South Carolina medical management services company that accused its former CEO of $5.3 million worth of misconduct but won just $22,000 on its claims was back in Delaware on Wednesday before the state's highest court, arguing that it should not have to pay his legal expenses.

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CARET Legal

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Continuing legal education (CLE) is necessary to maintain your license and stay up-to-date with industry developments. Get started exploring the features of CARET Legal’s all-in-one legal practice management platform , or sign up for a free trial today. However, CLE requirements can vary widely depending on where you practice.

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The Estrin Report

JUNE 26, 2023

Here are the top 9 concerns, questions, and hottest topics for today’s job market The Goldman Sachs white paper states that 44% of all legal jobs will be replaced by AI and that it will virtually wipe out the paralegal role. Even tighter, is the legal market. This is the legal field. Is that possible? as of this writing.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

link] The Kentucky Court of Justice has multiple services to help the self-represented linked to their Legal Self-Help page at: [link] The page includes multiple tutorials on subjects such as eviction relief, small claims, protective orders, and an online glossary of legal terms.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Postmortem lawsuits since 2006 have held up the scholarships he wanted to share with children of South Carolina […]. The contract enshrines The James Brown 2000 Trust’s support for charitable and educational programs like marginalized youth scholarships.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 21, 2024

This week, the South Carolina Supreme Court handed down a major ruling in Cruce v. The South Carolina Supreme Court said that it is not: The precedent dealing with the definition of “public official” is imprecise, but “it cannot be thought to include all public employees.”

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 28, 2021

The first proposal would formally add social media use and creation of a campaign website to the factors to consider when determining if a write-in candidate has made a “substantial showing” of a bona fide campaign for office, so that the candidate can be considered a “legally qualified candidate.”

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NCBA

MAY 3, 2023

By the Communications Committee Jennifer is a Certified Paralegal in North Carolina and South Carolina and has been a paralegal for 25 years. She also received her Advanced Certified Paralegal Certification in Trial Practice, Land Use, and Real Property through the National Association of Legal Assistants.

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Legal Research is Easy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

See, a while ago, I moved family and myself to South Carolina. One of the pitfalls of such is that, at some point, I needed to get a new drivers' license from South Carolina. I'm guessing this is how South Carolina balances its budget. The (or a) problem is, I can't just get a drivers' license, anymore.

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Law 360

MAY 3, 2024

A former general counsel testified Thursday in the criminal fraud trial of former Autonomy CEO Michael Lynch that the company's chief operating officer didn't want a whistleblower's claims to get into court, and a South Carolina man and his companies must pay the SEC nearly $24.9

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Legal Research is Easy

JULY 8, 2020

Here in South Carolina, there is a publication called South Carolina Lawyers Weekly at sclawyersweekly.com). Great periodical, it is, full of stories about lawyer and law and legal things. When the matter finally came before the South Carolina Supreme Court, Justice John W. Well, guess what?!?

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The nine innovation sites designated by the RJC are: South Carolina Victim Assistance Network Reaching Rural Initiative. The Rural Attorney Recruitment Program recruits qualified attorneys to practice for five years in rural counties where older attorneys are retiring and there is an absence of individuals to provide legal services.

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Legal Research is Easy

MARCH 5, 2020

Nope, now I work at a law school trying to help in-grateful students understand the "how" of legal research. For those not in the know, I'm no longer with the county law library helping the legions of pro se litigants, attorneys, judges, senators, representatives who would walk through the front door. Got all that?

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Law 360

JUNE 10, 2022

A South Carolina health care services company that sued its former CEO for $5.3 million will not have to pay his legal expenses because he was ultimately found liable for breaching his fiduciary duties, a Delaware Chancery Court vice chancellor has ruled.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday was skeptical of a lower court’s decision that a congressional district on the South Carolina coast was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. South Carolina adopted the map at the center of the dispute in 2021. Thomas’s question was another good sign for the state.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Laufer , the justices will consider when a self-appointed civil rights “tester” has a legal right to bring a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. The case comes to the Supreme Court as a challenge to one of South Carolina’s seven congressional districts.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

UBS Securities : Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, when a whistleblower invokes the Act and claims he was fired because of his report, his claim is “governed by the legal burdens of proof set forth in section 42121(b) of title 49, United States Code.” Alexander v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

Inside, the courtroom is full, with groups of lawyers from three organizations being sworn into the bar: the Christian Legal Society, the University of Kansas School of Law, and the American Bar Association Senior Lawyer Association. I am close to the Kansas group, and I ask them what they think of efforts to rename Brown v.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

Looking forward to early August, August 1 is the deadline for Radio and Television Station Employment Units in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin with 5 or more full-time employees to upload to their online public inspection file their Annual EEO Public File Report.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 23, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a ruling by a federal district court holding that a congressional district on the South Carolina coast was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander – that is, it sorted voters based primarily on their race. 1 deadline. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court.

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Intelligize Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Consumers in other states are taking similar legal action, with complaints recently filed in California and South Carolina that added CVS and Wal-Mart to the list of defendants. Kenvue, Johnson & Johnson’s new consumer health spinoff, declined to comment to Reuters.

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Legal Research is Easy

JULY 29, 2019

Of course, South Carolina's law on texting and driving isn't something to write home about. I was thinking while watching the firemen pull out the jaws of life what was going through the driver of the Bug just before the accident.

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Paralegal Mentor

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Paralegals and paralegal students often have difficulty developing their writing skills to the level expected in the legal industry. Legal professionals rely heavily on both verbal and written communication, so writing skills are essential for both lawyers, paralegals, and legal secretaries. Virginia Koerselman Newman , Esq.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

Stay tuned to our blog, publications that cover the broadcast industry, FCC.gov, and other relevant sources for developments in the broadcast regulatory and legal world throughout the month. The LMS Help Center is a good resource.

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