by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Sep 9, 2025 | Unpaid wages
The South Carolina Court of Appeals recently upheld a wage payment jury verdict in the amount of $1.6 million in favor of the employee. I regularly handle cases for wage payment and wage theft in SC, so I’m always interested to see the details of a case that... read more
by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Aug 11, 2025 | Employment Law, Pop Culture
Balance to the Force has been restored! Or, at least, a settlement between Gina Carano and Disney has been reached in Carano’s wrongful termination lawsuit against Disney. News broke late last week that the long-running litigation brought by Carano has come to... read more
by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Jul 21, 2025 | EEOC, National Labor Relations Act
Back in May 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene early in the lawsuit filed by former NLRB chairperson Gwynne Wilcox regarding Trump’s authority to terminate her employment with the NLRB. As I wrote about earlier this year, Trump fired Wilcox... read more
by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Jul 1, 2025 | Political Rights
What employment rights exist to protect a public employee in South Carolina? A new lawsuit filed this week in Oconee County, South Carolina provides a good factual scenario for us to explore those potential rights for public employees. The lawsuit alleges that a... read more
by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Jun 16, 2025 | Employment Law
On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services that reverse discrimination is the same as regular discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. This ruling comes as welcome news to employees who have... read more