Horton Law Firm Blog Category: Employment Law

Sexual Harassment By a Manager Versus By a Co-Worker

by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Oct 29, 2025 | Sexual Harassment

Employees in South Carolina often face sexual harassment in the workplace. [Read more: Sexual Harassment for South Carolina Employees] Nearly 1/3 of all charges filed with the EEOC in 2024 involve allegations of sexual harassment. Retaliation for making protected... read more

First Free Speech Lawsuit Filed by SC Employee Over Charlie Kirk Comments

by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Sep 23, 2025 | Constitutional Law, Employment Law

Last week, a South Carolina teacher’s aide filed what appears to the be the first-in-the-state lawsuit about her termination for her exercise of free speech, specifically about a social media post regarding Charlie Kirk. [Read more: Lauren Vaughn Lawsuit] The... read more

Can a SC Employee Be Fired for Making Negative Comments about the Charlie Kirk Assassination?

by Jeremy R. Summerlin | Sep 16, 2025 | Political Rights

After the Charlie Kirk assassination last week, the world of employment law has quickly turned to the numbers of employees across the country who are being disciplined, suspended, or terminated for making negative comments about Charlie Kirk (and/or celebratory... read more

Jury Awards $1.6 Million Verdict for Wage Theft in SC

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

Gina Carano and Disney Lay Down Their Lightsabers and Settle Lawsuit

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

Supreme Court Signals Support for Trump’s Authority to Fire NLRB Members

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

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