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South Carolina Judge Daniel Coble showed he’s no activist judge who will question the attorney general’s bestowal of $75 million upon two small private law firms who helped settle a nuclear case.
A hearing Monday before SC Judge Clifton Newman will air opposing views as to whether a $75 million payment to two private law firms in the Savannah River nuclear waste case was legal.
Attorney General Alan Wilson carved out the fee from a $600 million settlement from the federal government for failing to remove bomb-grade plutonium from the Savannah River nuclear weapons complex.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - A nonprofit organization can challenge South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s transfer of $75 million in contingency fees to outside lawyers, the state’s highest court ruled, saying it was “an issue of public importance” because the AG may make several other such transfers including fees associated with a $300 million settlement of opioid claims.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a judge...