A friend sends you an email titled "You need to see this." You open it up, expecting a funny video or maybe a story about the latest outrageous antics of your least-favorite politician. Instead, it's a photo of you. And not just any photo - the lighting is bad, the...
To some law enforcement officials in SC, the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure is an inconvenient obstacle to doing their job. They are always looking for ways to get around it and search people and their property with no warrant and...
A 16-year-old Texas girl died after removing her seatbelt to take a selfie. Just seconds after she unbuckled and snapped the photo, the car she was riding in ran off the road and flipped. The girl was ejected from the vehicle and died instantly; everyone else in the...
Every so often, people ask me: What is the difference between "domestic violence" and "criminal domestic violence" in South Carolina? There is no difference. The "criminal" was dropped from the charge when SC lawmakers passed a new domestic violence law in 2015, but...
Horry County police arrested a woman after her newborn baby tested positive for marijuana. Fortunately, this is a rare move by police - if they arrested every pregnant woman who uses marijuana, the jails would be overflowing with mothers and soon-to-be mothers....
A much-anticipated bill that will overhaul South Carolina’s expungement laws has passed the House and Senate, and is now waiting for the governor’s signature. The new SC expungement law makes some major changes, including: Expanding the list of drug offenses that can...
After the accident, you spent time in the hospital, worried about your family, worried about the bills that were piling up, worried about when you could get back to work, and possibly are still worrying about the long term effects of your injuries. You know the...
Consider all the ways you could be injured on the job - repetitive injuries like carpal tunnel syndrome, a co-worker punches you in the face, a piece of steel falls from the forklift as it drives past your workstation… The possibilities are wide open. Whatever the...
Update: The Court issued a ruling in this case yesterday allowing the City to proceed with the proposed bike loop: Days before Memorial Day weekend, a federal judge ruled Myrtle Beach can use a 23-mile traffic loop despite pleas from the NAACP to ban the plan. "The...
You’ve been in a serious car accident, you may need surgery or even long-term care, and your car is totaled. Do you make an insurance claim? File a lawsuit? What now? For someone who is not an attorney, doesn’t work in the insurance industry, and has never been in a...