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- July 31: NY Times | Death by Firing Squad is a Legal Punishment, South Carolina’s Top Court Rules (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- July 28: The State | If Richland County were ‘saddened’ by jail deaths at Alvin S. Glenn, it would stop them | Opinion (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- July 27: Post & Courier | Charleston InterTech leader, former SC GOP chair to host Ukraine fundraiser (David Beasley)
- July 17: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly | Signing, keeping best, brightest lawyers is ongoing challenge (Joseph Seiner)
- July 12: Reuters | Tesla delays robotaxi launch to October, Bloomberg News reports (Bryant Walker Smith)
- July 10: Post & Courier - Spartanburg | Spartanburg Sheriff Chuck Wright hired his son. Ethics experts say that could be illegal. (Seth Stoughton)
- June 17: WGN9-Chicago | Author of ‘You’ll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love’ (Marcia Zug)
- June 13: Vox | The Christian right is coming for divorce next (Marcia Zug)
- June 10: OpenVallejo | The secret death of Darryl Dean Mefferd (Seth Stoughton)
- June 10: Penn Live | Are police in schools ensuring safety or enforcing discipline?: ‘Disrespect is not criminal’ (Seth Stoughton)
- May 31: Law360 | Oregon Watchdog Says Open Discipline Makes 'Stronger' Attorneys (Michael Virzi)
- May 26: Le Presse | À qui appartient la plage? (Josh Eagle)
- May 24: Law360 - Tax Authority | Amazon SC Sales Tax Case Could Decide Meaning Of 'Seller' (Clint Wallace)
- May 21: The State | SC family says Dept. of Social Services forced their child into 'the hands of a monster' (Michelle Dhunjishah)
- May 20: AP News | 70 years ago, school integration was a dream many believed could actually happen. It hasn’t (Derek Black)
- May 15: NADA | Spate of Self-Driving Probes Points to US Setting Higher Safety Bar (Bloomberg) (Bryant Walker Smith)
- May 14: Post & Courier | Spartanburg solicitor made false claims about an inmate. Can the parole board use
them?
(Madalyn Wasilczuk) - May 9: neaToday | Revisiting Brown v. Board of Education – 70 Years Later (Derek Black)
- May 8: South Carolina Lawyers Weekly | Lawyers, employers cast wary eyes at noncompete rule (Scott Bauries)
- May 6: Post & Courier | Parole agency put false info in an inmate's file. Attorney argues doing so could be a crime. (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- May 2: Wall Street Journal | Musk Has a Vision for Tesla’s Robotaxi. Others Can’t See It. (Bryant Walker Smith)
- April 23: Post & Courier | SC Courts Concerned Parole Board Unfairly Denying Eligible Inmates. Why Does It Keep Happening? (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- April 23: The State | SC Charter Institute has close ties to school it will oversee, raising ethical questions (Derek Black)
- April 20: NY Times | You Finished I.V.F. and Want to Donate Embryos. Is There a Tax Benefit? (Tessa Davis)
- April 19: CPR News | Prosecutors rest case in trial of former sheriff’s deputy charged in Christian Glass death (Seth Stoughton)
- April 19: Carolina News & Reporter | USC study on domestic violence protection orders shows statewide legal gaps, inconsistencies (Lisa Martin)
- April 16: InsideEVs | Tesla Wants To Pivot To Robotaxis. It Still Won't Answer One Key Question (Bryant Walker Smith)
- April 16: MIT Technology Review | AI was supposed to make police bodycams better. What happened? (Seth Stoughton)
- April 13: Wall Street Journal | When Will Elon Musk’s Driverless Car Claims Have Credibility? (Bryant Walker Smith)
- April 12: KQED | Stockton Settles $6 Million Lawsuit Over Man's Police Restraint Death (Seth Stoughton)
- April 12: WLTX | Report reveals alarming scope of domestic violence in South Carolina, calls for policy changes (Lisa Martin)
- April 11: Post & Courier | SC lawmaker accused of filing court document with forged signature, offering hush money (Michael Virzi)
- April 10: CJAD 800 - The Elias Makos Show | Tesla Autopilot Death Settlement (Bryant Walker Smith)
- April 8: Bloomberg News | Tesla Settles Over Fatal Autopilot Crash on Eve of Trial (Bryant Walker Smith)
- April 8: Reuters | Tesla settles case over fatal Autopilot crash of Apple engineer (Bryant Walker Smith)
- April 8: Axios | Tesla settles case over fatal Autopilot crash of Apple engineer (Bryant Walker Smith)
- April 8: Business Insider | Tesla is headed to trial over deadly 2018 Autopilot crash (Bryant Walker Smith)
- April 6: Reuters | Tesla's bet on robotaxis is a long way from paying off (Bryant Walker Smith)
- April 4: Columbia Star | USC professors to release first report on groundbreaking study of S.C. protective orders (Lisa Martin)
- March 21: The Conversation | Why are Americans fighting over no-fault divorce? Maybe they can't agree what marriage is for (Marcia Zug)
- March 20: San Francisco Chronicle | What led up to tragic West Portal crash? Here’s what S.F. police know — and what’s being investigated (Bryant Walker Smith)
- March 18: Politico Pro | Tesla’s Autopilot lands it in legal trouble in US (Bryant Walker Smith)
- March 14: Sentinel Express | Policy expert advises against embracing charter schools in search for education solutions (ft. Derek Black)
- March 13: Post & Courier | 'Huge swaths' of SC wetlands now vulnerable due to weakened federal protections (Josh Eagle)
- March 13: Clean Technica | The Technology “Handoff” May Mean Legal Trouble For Tesla (Bryant Walker Smith)
- March 11: Reuters | Next Autopilot trial to test Tesla's blame-the-driver defense (Bryant Walker Smith)
- March 8: LA Times | What does the future of driverless taxi service in Los Angeles look like? It’s already here (Bryant Walker Smith)
- March 8: San Francisco Chronicle | Why Waymo robotaxis won’t be taking passengers to SFO, or on Bay Area freeways, anytime soon (Bryant Walker Smith)
- March 4: WIS | Richland County Reveals Manner of Death of Female Alvin S. Glenn Detainee (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- February 28: NY Times | Behind Apple’s Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns (ft. Bryant Walker Smith)
- February 28: The Guardian | Revealed: at least 22 Californians have died while being held face down by police since 2016 (Seth Stoughton)
- February 28: Bloomberg Law | South Carolina Lawmakers Approve Corporate Tax Audit Overhaul (Clint Wallace)
- February 25: Washington Post | Officer who killed man had drawn gun on suspected shoplifters twice before (Seth Stoughton)
- February 21: PBS Newshour | Safer Stops (Seth Stoughton)
- February 20: ProPublica | St. Louis Police Chief Receives a Third of His Pay From a Local Foundation, Raising Concerns of Divided Loyalties (Seth Stoughton)
- February 18: NY Times | Woman Arrested for DUI in Washinton State had a Brain Bleed (Seth Stoughton)
- February 16: The State | Did Richland 1 board violate SC law when discussing stalled project? A judge will decide (Clint Wallace)
- February 15: The State | SC Charter Institute's leaders backed out-of-state-schools plan (Derek Black)
- February 14: Greenville News | Attorneys for Richard Moore levy human rights group in push for relief from SC death row (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- February 13: Reuters | Waymo arson in San Francisco sparks new debate on self-driving cars (Bryant Walker Smith)
- February 12: The Conversation | Can anyone make a citizen’s arrest? The history and legalities of catching criminals yourself(Seth Stoughton & Caroline AcAtee)
- February 7: Chinese Social Sciences Today | Reflections on legal studies of autonomous driving (Bryant Walker Smith)
- February 1: Law Enforcement Today | The truth is out: New Mexico officers exonerated in wrong address shooting death (Seth Stoughton)
- January 30: Black Enterprise | Investigation Reveals Body Cams Only Work Properly Without Police Intervention and Following Proper Protocol (Seth Stoughton)
- January 29: USA Today | IVF may be tax deductible, but LGBTQ+ couples less likely to get write-offs (Tessa Davis)
- January 26: ProPublica | 21 Bodycam Videos Caught the NYPD Wrongly Arresting Black Kids on Halloween. Why Can’t the Public See the Footage? (Seth Stoughton)
- January 25: Reuters | UPDATE 4-GM Cruise robotaxi unit faces US probes over dragging incident, vows reforms (Bryant Walker Smith)
- January 24: MIT Technology Review | What’s next for robotaxis in 2024 (Bryant Walker Smith)
- January 15: The Daily Item | Family questions need for police to shoot and kill Upper St. Clair man (Seth Stoughton)
- January 13: Post & Courier | Virginia man dies after waiting months in SC jail for psychiatric care. His family asks why. (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- January 9: Education Week | How Districts Can Navigate Tricky Questions Raised by Parents’ Rights Laws (Derek Black)
- January 1: The State | Will Becky Hill’s plagiarism of BBC reporter hurt her Murdaugh jury tampering credibility? (Michael Virzi)
- December 20: Louisville Courier Journal | How a group of LMPD officers went from 'elite unit' to dousing pedestrians with drinks (Seth Stoughton)
- December 19: FOX Carolina | Backlog of Critical Hearings in Juvenile Cases (Aleksandra Chauhan)
- December 14: NY Times Magazine | A Disappointing Policing Change (Seth Stoughton)
- December 13: NY Times Magazine | The Failed Promise of Police Body Cameras (Seth Stoughton)
- December 13: Reuters | Tesla recalls nearly all vehicles on US roads over lack of Autopilot safeguards (Bryant Walker Smith)
- December 11: Reuters | Driverless car problems are outpacing liability laws (Bryant Walker Smith)
- December 11: The Aiken Standard | Former Aiken County deputy named in federal lawsuit in Edgefield County traffic stop (Seth Stoughton)
- December 5: Florida Record | Florida judge refuses to dismiss Tesla lawsuit on automated-driving technology (Bryant Walker Smith)
- November 24: The Charlotte Observer | SC man was 17 when convicted of murder in 1973. 50 years later, he still wants parole (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- November 24: Stern | Elon Musk suffers defeat in court: Tesla is said to have known about autopilot errors (Bryant Walker Smith)
- November 22: The Guardian | Judge finds ‘reasonable evidence’ Tesla knew self-driving tech was defective (Bryant Walker Smith)
- November 22: JALOPNIK | 'Intentional Misconduct And Gross Negligence': Judge Rules Tesla Knew About Autopilot Defect That Led To Deadly 2019 Crash (Bryant Walker Smith)
- November 21: San Francisco Chronicle | Cruise CEO's resignation (Bryant Walker Smith)
- November 21: Reuters | Judge finds evidence that Tesla, Musk knew about Autopilot defect (Bryant Walker Smith)
- November 20: Post & Courier | Sexual Assaults. Riots. Too Few Guards. Broken Locks. Why Can't the State Fix County Jails? (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- November 20: Post & Courier | State Failed to Follow Law With Jail Inspections. Now It's Changing Course (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- November 20: The NY Times | 'Lost Time for No Reason’: How Driverless Taxis Are Stressing Cities (Bryant Walker Smith)
- November 16: Tech Crunch | The Wild West of robotaxis: Will Texas be a regulatory haven or chaos unleashed? (Bryant Walker Smith)
- November 15: Detroit News | Cruise and San Francisco Police Emailed A Lot. Here's What They Said. (Bryant Walker Smith)
- November 13: Axios Philadelphia | Philly lags PA cities in releasing bodycam footage (Seth Stoughton)
- November 10: San Francisco Chronicle | Exclusive: Data shows Cruise and Waymo's sudden driverless taxi expansion in S. F. (Bryant Walker Smith)
- November 10: Automative News | In Cruise crash aftermath, will self-driving tech get kicked to the curb? (Bryant Walker Smith)
- November 6: The Intercept_ | Cruise Knew Its Self-Driving Cars had Problems Recognizing Children -- And Kept Them on the Streets (Bryant Walker Smith)
- November 4: WLTX | Demolition begins on historic Constan Carwash location (Ben Means)
- November 3: WLTX | Lawyers discuss what US Department of Justice investigation into Alvin S. Glenn could mean (Madalyn Wasilczuk
- November 2: The State | Murdaugh’s lawyers ask SC Supreme Court to kick Judge Newman off the case (Gregory Adams)
- November 2: Automotive News | Cruise faces a safety reckoning that will determine its self-driving future (Bryant Walker Smith)
- November 1: Business Insider | Tesla's Autopilot not to blame for a crash that killed a driver and left his wife and son badly injured, jury finds (Bryant Walker Smith)
- November 1: CBS Mornings | Tesla autopilot not at fault for fatal 2019 crash in California, jury finds (Bryant Walker Smith)
- October 27: WACH FOX | When Love Hurts: Domestic Violence in SC (Lisa Martin)
- October 27: AP | Cruise, GM’s robotaxi service, suspends all driverless operations nationwide (Bryant Walker Smith)
- October 26: JALOPNIK | Cruise Didn't Tell Anyone That A Woman Was Dragged 20 Feet After Being Pushed Into Robotaxi (Bryant Walker Smith)
- October 26: LA Times | A Cruise car hit a pedestrian. The company’s response could set back California’s new robotaxi industry (Bryant Walker Smith)
- October 26: Post & Courier | Pee Dee advocates working to combat domestic violence in rural areas (Lisa Martin)
- October 25: Understanding AI | California suspension is an existential threat to Cruise (Bryant Walker Smith)
- October 24: Reuters | California sidelines GM Cruise's driverless cars, cites safety risk (Bryant Walker Smith)
- October 22: AP | A Police Dog Attacked a Black Trucker on his Knees. An Ohio City Is Dealing with the Aftermath (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- October 20: Law360 | Tax Profs Urge Justices To Uphold Repatriation Levy (Clint Wallace)
- October 18: SC Lawyers Weekly | Legal Deserts: Scarcity of lawyers threatens justice in in many rural areas (Elizabeth Chambliss & Taylor Gilliam)
- October 8: The Mercury News | Losing control: When San Jose police confront people in mental health crisis, why do they end up hurting them so often? (Seth Stoughton)
- September 28: WIS | Impact of teen violence in the Midlands (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- September 25: The Post & Courier | Trump went to a gun store in South Carolina. But could he legally buy a weapon? (Seth Stoughton)
- September 12: The Atlantic | America Has a Private-Beach Problem (Josh Eagle)
- September 1: ARSTechnica | Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers? (Bryant Walker Smith)
- August 28: Reuters | Focus: Tesla braces for its first trial involving Autopilot fatality (Bryant Walker Smith)
- August 22: NBC News | In states with few legal protections, students say they’ve been unfairly punished at school (Derek Black)
- August 19: Myrtle Beach Sun News | Surfside Beach accused officer of falsifying report. But he can get another police job (Seth Stoughton)
- August 18: The Daily Mail (UK) | My car has just done a U-turn across a 4-lane road… but there's no one driving! JAN MOIR takes a spin in the driverless taxis set to become a feature on Britain's streets (Bryant Walker Smith)
- August 16: Mother Jones | Affirmative Action May Be Dead—But the Battle Over Race and Admissions Is Just Getting Started (Derek Black)
- August 15: Post & Courier | Study: SC Prisons Have the U.S.’s Third-Highest Population of Convicted Children (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- August 14: AP | While a criminal case against a Tesla driver ends, legal and ethical questions on Autopilot endure (Bryant Walker Smith)
- July 28: Wired | The Legal Saga of Uber’s Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash Is Over (Bryant Walker Smith)
- July 27: Democracy Now! | Brutal Ohio Police Dog Attack on Black Truck Driver Highlights Pattern, Echoes Violence of Slavery (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- July 24: The National Desk | Mystery Accidents: Teslas in 'Autopilot' crashing into emergency vehicles (Bryant Walker Smith)
- July 24: UnDark | Police Say Dogs Help Solve Crimes. Little Evidence Supports That. (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- July 21: Detroit News | New Federal Office Signals Shift in Approach to Self-Driving Cars (Bryant Walker Smith)
- July 19: AP | Officials See Promise in a South Carolina Prison Unit Where ‘Restorative Justice’ Has Boosted Safety (Madalyn Wasilczuk)
- July 15: Fresh Society | Op-Ed: It’s not just the Costco shooting. Disabled people are often killed by police (Seth Stoughton)
- July 14: Education Week | Trump Says Parents Should Elect Principals. What Would That Look Like? (Derek Black)
- July 9: NewsBeezer | Biden’s student debt backup plan likely faces a “big” test (Derek Black)
- July 6: The Nation | Wisconsin’s Governor Is Teaching a Master Class on How to Outmaneuver the GOP (Derek Black)
- July 5: USA Today | Student debt: Why Biden's backup plan may wind up in trouble again at the Supreme Court (Derek Black)
- July 5: The Break | Biden's Plan B on student loan forgiveness relies on Higher Education Act: What to know (Derek Black)
- July 5: The Journal Gazette | High court rulings land with malice toward all (Kevin Brown)
- July 1: Denver Gazette | Schools' lawsuits against social media giants may mark a tipping point (Derek Black)