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Former US Attorney General Eric Holder, in support of the NAACP, announced, “Mississippi House Bill 1020 and Senate Bill 2343 represent a disturbing regression, rolling back decades of progress by stripping Jackson residents of their fundamental right to democratically elected leaders. [read post]
24 Jan 2007, 5:00 am
It only took two years, Senator Trent Lott, one of the most well-known plaintiff's firms in the country, and the Mississippi Attorney General to get State Farm to agree to pay Mississippi Katrina victims 50% of the value of their damaged property. [read post]
24 Jan 2007, 5:00 am
It only took two years, Senator Trent Lott, one of the most well-known plaintiff's firms in the country, and the Mississippi Attorney General to get State Farm to agree to pay Mississippi Katrina victims 50% of the value of their damaged property. [read post]
18 Jan 2007, 6:09 am
Another interesting story from Anita Lee of the Biloxi Sun Herald about the working of the Mississippi Attorney General's grand jury, which is inquiring about claims handling for Hurricane Katrina damage. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 8:16 am
This week, we look to Mississippi where Attorney General Jim Hood has opened a new hurricane Katrina related criminal investigation of State Farm, which he says is different from the earlier "crimes against policyholders" investigation. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 8:16 am
This week, we look to Mississippi where Attorney General Jim Hood has opened a new hurricane Katrina related criminal investigation of State Farm, which he says is different from the earlier "crimes against policyholders" investigation. [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 5:27 pm
The Mississippi Supreme Court's decision in In re Hooker et al, which ruled on the State's challenge to the recent gubernatorial pardons, reads like a civics lesson directed to State Attorney General Jim Hood. [read post]
14 Aug 2014, 8:03 am by Kimberly Bennett
[JURIST] Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood [official website] filed an appeal Wednesday asking the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] to reverse a July ruling [JURIST report] that a 2012 state law requiring abortion clinic doctors to obtain hospital admitting privileges is unconstitutional. [read post]
10 Aug 2014, 7:56 am by Walter Olson
New questions about the work in a shaken-baby-conviction case of Steven Hayne, the controversial state medical examiner whose work has been much defended by Mississippi Attorney General and perennial Overlawyered favorite Jim Hood. [read post]
The case stems from Mississippi House Bill 1020, which created a court with judges appointed by the state’s Supreme Court and prosecutors appointed by the state’s Attorney General in Jackson’s Capital Complex Improvement District (CCID). [read post]
27 Mar 2016, 11:48 am by Jacqueline Jones
Attorney General Jim Hood [official website] stated [press release] earlier this year that he planned on pursuing alternatives to lethal injection for the death penalty in the state. [read post]
27 Jan 2007, 9:58 am
Senter, Jr. of the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Friday rejected [opinion, PDF] for the time being a proposed settlement [JURIST report] reached between the State Farm [official website] insurance company and Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood [official website] on behalf of hundreds of Mississippi policy holders whose claims were denied [read post]
6 Feb 2010, 2:31 pm by charlesgriffin
   The Mississippi Attorney General filed a Motion to File an Amicus Brief  in the case and a related brief in support of the motion. [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 2:06 pm by charlesgriffin
   [Brief of Amici Curiae] [Amicus Brief Filed on Behalf of The Magnolia Bar Association]   The Mississippi Attorney General has also filed a brief in the case. [read post]
9 Apr 2016, 6:26 am by Chris Castle
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Weird On January 19 2015, a Mississippi state legislator introduced Mississippi House Bill 1201–legislation that would limit the Mississippi attorney general’s ability to sue on behalf of the state for any reason. [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 2:06 am
Now a deputy attorney general in Mississippi is seeking other states to join in suing to block the tougher smog standards. [read post]
12 Apr 2017, 7:40 am by Pavitra Bacon
Since the CFPB issued its final rule for general purpose prepaid accounts on October 5, 2016, it has faced attacks from Congress and criticism from industry participants On April 5, in a letter to Congressional leaders, attorneys general (AGs) from 17 states (Iowa, California, Maine, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Illinois, Minnesota, Mississippi, Vermont, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island) and the… [read post]
9 May 2005, 6:24 am
[JURIST] Mississippi state Attorney General Jim Hood [official website] announced Monday that under the terms of a settlement agreement with the state telecommunications giant MCI [corporate website] will hand over $100M cash to cover back taxes owed by its predecessor, WorldCom, as well as turn over WorldCom's former headquarters in downtown Jackson. [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 8:51 am by Alexandra Farone
[JURIST] Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood [official website] asked [cert. petition, PDF] to the US Supreme Court [official website] on Wednesday to allow the state to enforce an abortion law [HB 1390 text, PDF] that was declared unconstitutional by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] in 2014. [read post]
14 Jan 2014, 8:25 am by Barry Barnett
The lawsuit, by the Attorney General of Mississippi, accused LCD makers of conspiring to fix prices, in violation of Mississippi antitrust and consumer protection statutes. [read post]