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S.C. Probate Judge Under Fire Again for Facebook Posts

Although not an attorney, a South Carolina probate judge’s social media use constituted impermissible judicial conduct A South Carolina probate judge has had a second run-in with the state supreme court for impermissible social media posts. In an order published on October 13, 2021, the South Carolina Supreme Court issued Judge Kenneth “Kenny” E. Johns, ...
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First Amendment

HawkLaw Attorney Advertising Being Preyed Upon By South Carolina Bar Authorities?

First Amendment v Attorney Advertising Regulation The internet’s low cost and ease of advertising has increased the focus on the tension between the state regulation of attorney advertising and attorneys’ First Amendment right to commercial speech that was  established by the US Supreme Court in Bates v Arizona in 1977. The latest episode is taking ...
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