JURIST

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The US Justice Department’s Civil Division announced on Thursday that it reached an agreement to settle civil cases with 14 plaintiffs, relating to the 2015 Charleston, South Carolina church mass shooting. Settlements range between $5 million to $7.5 million per claimant.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

However, remember that a South Carolina attorney can help you out with information. Dealing with workers’ compensation can become a complicated process.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A Beaufort, South Carolina, lawyer who sued his friend, suspended lawyer Alex Murdaugh, for wrongful death litigants has settled a suit alleging that they never…

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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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Above The Law

JUNE 10, 2022

A congressional candidate from South Carolina is calling for treason executions and imprisoning the parents of LGBTQ children. Women share stories of what it's like dating as a lawyer. At least they try to. There are a lot of men in the comments. Reddit ]. * Gotta love our lax hate speech jurisprudence! LGBTQ Nation ].

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 31, 2021

The department said it has not opened investigations in Florida, Texas, Arkansas, or Arizona because those states’ bans on universal indoor masking are not being enforced in schools due to litigation or other state action.

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LegalReader

MARCH 23, 2022

The aftermath of a motorcycle accident can be confusing and overwhelming. If you’ve been injured in a wreck, it’s important to know your rights and what steps to take next.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

A South Carolina private equity fund said Thursday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to gut it through a Florida lawsuit, telling a Texas judge the commission made "out of touch statements" on how the litigation will harm its business.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

A California federal judge presiding over multidistrict litigation concerning social media platforms' allegedly addictive designs told counsel Friday that she's considering holding California and South Carolina state agencies in contempt for refusing to comply with discovery orders, telling counsel, "I can guarantee I will not let this stand."

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 25, 2021

Prior to joining LAWPRO, he was a policy lawyer at the Law Society of Ontario and practiced litigation with a focus on professional liability, public law and civil disputes. Courtney Troutman (@SCBar_PMAP) is Director of the South Carolina Bar Practice Management Assistance Program , which she founded in 2002.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

A South Carolina federal judge awarded nearly $96 million in combined fees and costs Friday to lead counsel representing public water systems for reaching a $316.5 and $750 million with Tyco Fire Products LP over forever chemicals, lauding them as "some of the most qualified mass tort litigators in America."

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LegalReader

JUNE 10, 2022

Attorney General Bob Ferguson is accusing South Carolina-based Prehired of deceptive marketing and running an uncertified vocational institute.

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Law 360

MARCH 27, 2024

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's packed meeting Thursday in South Carolina will see the panel mulling consolidation of privacy litigation against 23andMe, claims of heavy metals in baby food, and scholarship-fixing claims by student athletes against the NCAA — and that's just for starters.

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LegalReader

MAY 6, 2022

South Carolina has very strict laws on drunk driving.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 17, 2023

This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, at what stage of litigation the ministerial exception should come into play. Gregory Tucker was a science teacher at Faith Christian Academy, a religious school operated by the nondenominational Faith Bible Chapel in Arvada, Colorado. Alexander v.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? We share what we found below. In addition, we just learned of a new NIJ study on the use of Chatbots in the Criminal Justice System to add to our list of online helpers.

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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). When the matter finally came before the South Carolina Supreme Court, Justice John W. Maybe it's time they get a board that isn't so litigation happy. Well, guess what?!? Just maybe.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2021

Missouri,” Sotomayor concluded, “is now free to execute Johnson in a manner that, at this stage of the litigation, we must assume will be akin to torture given his unique medical condition.” Earlier this month, South Carolina adopted a law that requires people sentenced to death to choose between the electric chair and the firing squad.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

You can contact a professional motorcycle accident lawyer in South Carolina if you or a loved one has been injured in a motorcycle accident.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

What you have to know is that in South Carolina, the statute of limitations in personal injury cases is three years from the date of the injury.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Issue : Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts the South Carolina Supreme Court’s arbitration-specific approach to construing comprehensive powers of attorney to preclude an agent’s power to agree to arbitrate future claims. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. Broadnax v. Issue : Whether, under 28 U.S.C.

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Legal Research is Easy

MARCH 5, 2020

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. Reminds me of an incident the other day whilst I was trying to help a student find information on a research project. Got all that?

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The Estrin Report

JUNE 26, 2023

The worst state for paralegals is South Carolina with an average salary of $36,908 per year. Salary.com) The average Litigation Paralegal salary in Orange, CA is $71,511 as of May 25, 2023, but the salary range typically falls between $63,438 and $80,905. What city pays paralegals the most?

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NewmanFerraraLLP

JANUARY 8, 2023

Will Starbucks wake up and smell the coffee? # # # SOURCE Brownell v Starbucks Coffee Company (Class Action Complaint).

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NewmanFerraraLLP

JANUARY 19, 2023

But a review of the item’s ingredient-disclosure list reveals that the green tea and echinacea were “inactive” ingredients; “a tacit acknowledgment that they have no connection to the Product’s function.” ” ( Complaint , paragraph 43) Some may find that hard to swallow. # # # SOURCE SINGO v. .”

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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. Those sound like the symptoms of a mammoth settlement for consumers.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

We also have a potential duel case out of Aiken, South Carolina from one year ago. South Carolina (2009) Quentin Patrick, 22, an ex-convict in Sumter, South Carolina shot and killed a trick-or-treater T.J. The biggest skunk is a hog-nosed skunk that can reach up to 18 pounds. __. Charges pending.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

We also have a potential duel case out of Aiken, South Carolina from one year ago. South Carolina (2009) Quentin Patrick, 22, an ex-convict in Sumter, South Carolina shot and killed a trick-or-treater T.J. The biggest skunk is a hog-nosed skunk that can reach up to 18 pounds. __. Charges pending.

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Legal Research is Easy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As it turns out, South Carolina, where Young Lady happened to trip and tear up her knees, has it's own Torts Claim Act called, not surprisingly, the South Carolina Tort Claims Act under § 15-78-10.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 13, 2023

JPSO attorney Danny Martiny said the agency could not comment because of pending litigation. The records will not be deleted if litigation has been filed against an employee, or if the court orders certain records to be preserved, according to the policy. The State Archives maintains records of disposal requests for 10 years.

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Legal Research is Easy

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Officially, Am Jur Trials is an encyclopedic guide to the modern practices, techniques, and tactics used in preparing and trying cases with model programs for handling all types of litigation. Anyway, I suggested attorney take a look at Volume 17, page 485 (Litigation Regarding Antidepressant Medications).

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Paralegal Mentor

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

graduated from the Creighton University School of Law and practiced for many years in banking and commercial litigation in Omaha, Nebraska before she “attempted” to retire in South Carolina. Virginia Koerselman Newman , Esq.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 23, 2022

South Carolina that in cases where a capital defendant’s future dangerousness is at issue, due process entitles the defendant to inform the jury that he will be ineligible for parole if not sentenced to death. Next week we should have a better idea what the justices think. In 1994, the Supreme Court held in Simmons v. Arizona , 21-846.

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Patently O

AUGUST 8, 2024

South Carolina Coastal Council , 505 U.S. This is obviously costly for regulatory agencies, both in the up front analysis and with the heightened risk of further litigation, not to mention the potential impact on public safety and environmental protection. 1003 (1992), by depriving the property of all economically viable use.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2021

” For one thing, argues the government, felon-in-possession defendants like Greer shouldn’t be allowed to claim that they have been deprived of the chance to litigate the knowledge-of-status issue. In Gary, the parties have made sweeping claims with the potential to overwhelm the narrower issues in Greer.

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The Fashion Law

JUNE 3, 2021

times higher than in February, “Cities like Charleston, South Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina; Nashville; and Phoenix saw large increases in entirely new subscribers, and growth has also come from smaller cities where the company had not done as much business, like Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Knoxville, Tennessee.” .

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

We both grew up in the Carolinas — North Carolina for him and South Carolina for me. We talked about growing up in the South, about race, and about law. Chair of Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation at WilmerHale and Former U.S. But he was so authentically himself that I felt an instant kinship.

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