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Oct 6, 2020 · The law firm of Davidson, Wren & DeMaster, which also did work on the plutonium settlement, is slated to get an undisclosed percentage of the $75 million fee, is also opposing …

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Oct 6, 2020 · The law firm of Davidson, Wren & DeMaster, which also did work on the plutonium settlement, is slated to get an undisclosed percentage of the $75 million fee, is also opposing …

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Dispute Over $75M In Legal Fees SC Attorney General Paid To Law …

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Oct 12, 2023 · Three years after two private law firms received $75 million in legal fees for helping South Carolina get $600 million from the federal government in settling a lawsuit, S.C. …

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Columbia Law Firms Can Keep $75 Million State Payout For Giant …

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Oct 14, 2020 · COLUMBIA — A South Carolina judge tossed a request to block a controversial $75 million payout to private attorneys in the state’s enormous legal settlement with the U.S. …

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SC Supreme Court Revives Fight Over State’s $75M Legal Bill From ...

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Sep 14, 2022 · The S.C. Supreme Court has revived a challenge to the $75 million payday Attorney General Alan Wilson awarded to the lawyers who represented the state in a fight to …

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Feds To Pay South Carolina $600M In Plutonium Removal Deal

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Aug 31, 2020 · COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After years of legal disputes, officials with the U.S. Department of Energy and South Carolina have inked a $600 million settlement over the …

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SC Lawyers Getting $75 Million Fee To Be Questioned | The State

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Oct 1, 2020 · An SC judge has frozen a $75 million legal fee for two Columbia law firms for work in a $600 million plutonium settlement for Attorney General Alan Wilson.

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Largest Settlement In SC History Awarded In Lawsuit Over Plutonium ...

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Sep 1, 2020 · Officials with the U.S. Department of Energy and South Carolina have inked a $600 million settlement over the storage of plutonium at a former nuclear weapons plant in the state, …

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Editorial: Huge Contingency Fee In SC Plutonium Lawsuit Shows …

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Sep 21, 2022 · On its face, the $75 million S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson paid two Columbia law firms to help win a record-setting payment from the federal government over plutonium …

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SC Court To Hear Challenge Over Attorney General $75M Fee - The …

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Apr 4, 2022 · The S.C. Supreme Court will decide whether Attorney General Alan Wilson can be sued over his award giving a $75 million fee to two Columbia law firms for what critics argue …

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DoE To Pay S.C. $600M To Settle Plutonium Lawsuit; State To Hold …

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Aug 31, 2020 · To settle years of expensive litigation, the federal government will pay $600 million from the Treasury’s judgment fund by roughly the end of September in recognition of the …

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Solicitor Blasts SC AG Wilson For Awarding $75 Million Fees - The …

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Sep 10, 2020 · A state solicitor is blasting S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson for saying he will award $75 million in legal fees to private law firms that participated in getting a $600 million …

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SC Supreme Court Says Challenge To $75 Million Plutonium …

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Sep 15, 2022 · The plaintiffs challenging South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson's payment of a total of $75 million to two law firms for their work in litigating the state's plutonium storage …

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Feds To Pay South Carolina $600M In Plutonium Removal Deal

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Aug 31, 2020 · After years of legal disputes, officials with the U.S. Department of Energy and South Carolina have inked a $600 million settlement over the storage of plutonium at a former …

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Feds, S.C. Reach Historic $600M Plutonium Settlement; Tons To Be ...

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Aug 31, 2020 · Terms of the deal include a DOE promise to remove from South Carolina 9.5 metric tons of plutonium by 2037, years ahead of prior projections, and an upfront $600 million …

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Western SC Counties Sue Over $600 Million Plutonium Deal - The …

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Sep 25, 2020 · Gov. Henry McMaster has objected to Wilson’s deal but his objections were focused on the $75 million fee to private lawyers and the extended time period Wilson is …

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Will the government pay $600 million for removing plutonium from South Carolina?

To settle years of expensive litigation, the federal government will pay $600 million from the Treasury’s judgment fund by roughly the end of September in recognition of the Department of Energy’s inability to remove several metric tons of plutonium from South Carolina by a legal deadline of 2022, state and federal officials said Monday. ...

Did a private law firm help South Carolina settle a lawsuit?

Three years after two private law firms received $75 million in legal fees for helping South Carolina get $600 million from the federal government in settling a lawsuit, S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson is fighting a lawsuit challenging the fees. ...

What's going on with South Carolina's plutonium storage agreement?

Subscribe today! COLUMBIA — A monumental agreement has been struck between South Carolina and the federal government, namely the U.S. Department of Energy, concluding a years-long standoff andresolving expensive litigation over the long-term storage of plutonium at the Savannah River Site south of Aiken. ...

Will Doe move plutonium out of South Carolina by 2037?

As part of the settlement, which isn’t coming out of DoE’s budget, the agency has agreed to move some 9.5 million tons of weapon-usable plutonium, now stored at the Savannah River Site, out of South Carolina by 2037 — or else pay the state even more money. ...

What happened to plutonium in South Carolina?

Federal authorities had promised to remove the toxic material but failed to do so. Plutonium had been warehoused at the site as a result of a failed deal between South Carolina and the federal government to build a plant to convert the plutonium into a substance that could be used for peaceful nuclear purposes. ...

How much does the DOE pay South Carolina?

Federal law mandated beginning in 2016 that the DOE pay South Carolina$1 million for each day, up to 100 days per year, the department did not process the metal at the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility or get 1 metric ton of it out the state. ...