Disciplinary Counsel Lesley M. Coggiola, of Columbia, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Joel F. Geer, of Greenville, pro se Respondent.

This is an attorney disciplinary matter.

Amy E. Armstrong, of Pawleys Island and Bradley D. Churdar, of Charleston, for Appellants. G. Trenholm Walker and Thomas P. Gressette, Jr., both of Walker Gressette Freeman & Linton, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent.

The Court reviews an order from the administrative law court authorizing the construction of a bulkhead and revetment along Captain Sam's Spit on Kiawah Island.

Andrew Sims Radeker, of Harrison & Radeker, P.A., of Columbia, for Petitioner. Jennifer H. Thiem and Tara C. Sullivan, both of K&L Gates LLP, of Charleston, for Respondent.

U.S. Bank brought a foreclosure action against Kelley Burr. Burr answered and brought a number of counterclaims against U.S. Bank. Relying on Rule 41(b), Rule 12(c), and Rule 12(f) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, the trial court granted U.S. Bank's motion to dismiss Burr's counterclaims and strike Burr's affirmative defenses. Burr appealed to the court of appeals, which affirmed the trial court's decision in an unpublished opinion. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n v. Burr, Op. No. 2015-UP-091 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Feb. 25, 2015). The Court granted Burr's petition for a writ of certiorari.

Attorney General Alan Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Benjamin Aplin, both of Columbia, and Solicitor David M. Stumbo, of Greenwood, for Petitioner. C. Rauch Wise, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

The State appealed the trial court's decision to give Respondent's requested jury charge prior to the trial court charging the jury. The court of appeals granted Respondent's motion to dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. The Court granted the State's petition for a writ of certiorari.

George E. Mullen and Lauren Mullen Thomas, both of Mullen Wylie, LLC, of Hilton Head Island, for Petitioner. David J. Parrish and Stephen P. Groves, Sr., both of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Charleston and James Lynn Werner, of Columbia and Laura F. Locklair, of Charleston, both of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, for Respondents.

The Court granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' opinion in Long Grove at Seaside Farms, LLC v. Long Grove Property Owners' Association, Inc., 2015 WL 4571546 (Ct. App. July 29, 2015).

Wallace K. Lightsey, of Wyche, P.A., of Greenville; M. Gary Toole, of McDonald Toole & Wiggins, P.A., of Orlando, Fla.; and E. Duncan Getchell, Jr., and Michael H. Brady, of McGuireWoods LLP, of Richmond, Va., for Defendants-Appellants. Mark C. Tanenbaum and Mia Lauren Maness, of Mark C. Tanenbaum, P.A., of Mt. Pleasant, for Plaintiff-Respondent. Debora B. Alsup, of Thompson & Knight LLP, of Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae, Rubber Manufacturers Association. Hannah Rogers Metcalfe, of Metcalfe & Atkinson, LLC, of Greenville, for Amicus Curiae, South Carolina Association for Justice.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit asks the Court to determine whether South Carolina recognizes an evidentiary privilege for trade secrets.