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Mike Switzer interviews John McDermott, business editor of the Post and Courier in Charleston, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews John McDermott, business editor of the Post and Courier in Charleston, SC.

After a large fire at a Winnsboro mattress facility last week, a Fairfield County farmer is suing the company.

Alex Murdaugh's lawsuit against Becky Hill was thrown out by Judge Richard M. Gergel Wednesday

The Monday lawsuit stems from an incident last year.

One of the candidates decertified to run for Lindsey Graham’s U.S. Senate seat is suing the SCGOP and the state election commission.

A man who claims he lost his livelihood after being accused of kidnapping and murdering a New York teenager in South Carolina is suing the federal government.

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau is accusing Heights Finance and its subsidiaries of unethically holding thousands of customers in financial bondage in 11 states.

The parents of a teenager with special needs say he was repeatedly sexually assaulted beginning when he was 14 by an employee at a small private boarding school in South Carolina. They have filed a federal lawsuit against Singleton Investment Properties, the school's parent company.

Three chemical manufacturing companies have reached a deal to resolve complaints of polluting many U.S. drinking water systems with compounds known as PFAS. DuPont and spinoff companies Chemours and Corteva said Friday they'll create a $1.18 billion fund that could compensate thousands of public water systems. PFAS chemicals are used widely in nonstick and water-resistant products, as well as some firefighting foams. Many water providers have sued the three DuPont companies and others that made or used the compounds. Judge Richard Gergel of the U.S. District Court in Charleston, South Carolina, must approve the settlement before it takes effect.