Request for Written Comments The South Carolina Bar has proposed amending Rule 43(k) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure (SCRCP) to permit counsel retained by an insurer to sign a mediated settlement agreement in place of a named party in certain instances. The Court is considering […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that South Carolina State Grand Jury issued five indictments, totaling 27 counts, against suspended attorney Richard Alexander Murdaugh. These indictments charge Murdaugh with four counts of Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent; seven counts of Obtaining Signature or Property by […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Jamal Leonard Christian Williams, 19, of Walterboro, S.C., on two charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the […]
A federal judge has agreed with Attorney General Alan Wilson and 12 other states that part of the stimulus plan that prohibits states from cutting taxes is unconstitutional. The judge has granted a permanent injunction against that part of the stimulus plan because it is unconstitutionally ambiguous and […]
Investigators with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department are asking for the public’s help identifying a man who held up a convenience store at gunpoint. It happened at the Exxon convenience store at 7850 Garners Ferry Road on Oct. 11 around 9:45 p.m. Surveillance video shows the man, wearing […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) has arrested Rachel Nicole Summers, 37 years old, of Elgin, SC, for two counts of Obtaining Signature or Property by False Pretenses $10,000 or more, which constitute a violation of SC Code §16-13-240. […]
Law enforcement needs the public’s help to reverse the alarming increase in violent crime. The rate of murders in South Carolina officially increased 22.1% while aggravated assaults were up 10.1% in 2020 according to the completed Crime In South Carolina 2020 Report released Monday by the S.C. Law […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, along with several other states and businesses, today filed the paperwork to begin court proceedings against OSHA’s vaccine mandate for private employers with 100 or more employees. “Unlike the Biden Administration, the Judges with whom our Petition has been filed will consider […]
South Carolina ranks among one of the highest traffic violators states in America, but yet many of these violators seem to get away with it and are set free to continue their crimes at the cost of South Carolina Tax Payers. One such case is in Richland County, […]
Governor Henry McMaster and S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) Executive Director Dan Ellzey today announced South Carolina’s unemployment insurance tax rates for employers will decrease or remain unchanged for 2022. In 2020, upon the recommendation of Governor McMaster and Executive Director Ellzey, the General Assembly invested […]
