Tobaccoville USA, Inc., v. McMaster, 387 S.C. 287; 692 S.E.2d 526 (S.C. 2010)
In the course of litigation related to the tobacco litigation and the Master Settlement Agreement, the Attorney General of South Carolina withheld documents on the grounds that they were protected by various privileges, including the attorney-client privilege, and that the privilege was not waived when the documents were shared with other states because of the…
Attorney General v. Dallas, No. 27227 (S.C. Feb. 27, 2013).
After a messy will contest involving the estate of the singer James Brown, the parties reached an agreement under which a trust established by Brown’s will was dismantled and a new trust created, the trustees of which were to be appointed by the attorney general. The previous trustees appealed and the court disapproved the settlement,…
