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8 Feb 2008, 5:40 am
PoL contributor David Rossmiller has a series of posts summarizing yesterday's dramatic developments in the Scruggs-related dispute between the Mississippi attorney general and State Farm, which culminated in a confidential settlement (is that something state AGs are supposed to enter... [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 5:09 am by Philip Thomas
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood seems to have a handle on the scope of the possible litigation: Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has sought advice from state university researchers, economists and lawyers to assess the environmental and economic damage the spill has caused to the state. [read post]
23 Sep 2021, 6:58 am by Ezra Rosser
The iconic Black hood, like slavery and Jim Crow, is a peculiar American institution animated by the ideology of white supremacy. [read post]
16 Oct 2007, 10:03 pm
Election challenger Al Hopkins lays out some numbers on how incumbent Attorney General Jim Hood regularly awards legal representation to large donors.... [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]
21 Mar 2012, 9:03 pm by Walter Olson
Now, opening a new chapter, Mississippi AG Jim Hood has hired former AG Michael Moore, like Hood a longtime Overlawyered favorite, to sue BP over the effects of the Transocean oil spill on the state. [read post]
17 Jun 2010, 5:00 am by Philip Thomas
I previously posted about Attorney General Jim Hood's State lawsuit against Microsoft and the $8.3 million attorneys fee paid to a group of lawyers that included Jackson lawyer Brent Hazzard, Susman Godfrey of Houston and David Boies' firm. [read post]
27 Apr 2009, 11:13 am
According the Attorney General Jim Hood, law enforcement agencies are the ones cracking down on drunk drivers.If you know of someone who was injured or killed by a drunk driver, you should consult with a Mississippi Accident Lawyer who handles these types of cases. [read post]
28 Jul 2010, 10:06 pm by Walter Olson
[David Rossmiller, earlier] Tags: Jim Hood Related posts What liberal media? [read post]
16 Jun 2007, 11:37 am
"Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. on Monday, claiming the company failed to honor an agreement for a mass settlement of claims over Hurricane Katrina damage. [read post]
8 Sep 2010, 10:07 pm by Walter Olson
The Mississippi Attorney General keeps defending a capital conviction based on dubious bite-mark testimony [Radley Balko, Reason] Tags: expert witnesses, Mississippi, prosecution Related posts September 15 roundup (3) Mixed Fifth Circuit decision in Minor-Teel-Whitfield appeal (2) Mississippi: “Former state pathologist suing Innocence Project” (0) Mississippi forensics: corner-cutting coroners? [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 9:00 am
[JURIST] Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood [official website] on Tuesday requested that the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana [official website] order the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) [official website] to fulfill its legal obligations to aid victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in the Gulf of Mexico. [read post]
19 Feb 2008, 9:16 am
Mississippi AG Jim Hood has developed quite a specialty in talking about things that are supposed to be secret, like his state grand jury investigations last year and the recent settlement in the State Farm v. [read post]
13 Apr 2011, 4:59 pm by Maritime Law Staff
JACKSON, MS – The Mississippi Attorney General, Jim Hood has asked a District Judge to intervene on behalf of claimants in the $20 billion BP Oil Spill fund causing some friction with the fund administrator, Kenneth Feinberg. [read post]
13 Jul 2011, 12:48 am
The Associated Press reports that Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is suing Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), BP Plc’s (BP) $20 billion oil spill fund to get access to claims filed by coastal residents.Attorney General Hood said Tuesday that he has tried to negotiate with the fund's administrator, Mr. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 7:10 am by Philip Thomas
The article makes a poor attempt to connect the Scruggs State Farm litigation to Attorney General Jim Hood's request to Congress that it rewrite federal law to allow Mississippi to sue Gulf Oil Spill companies in state court. [read post]
27 Feb 2008, 7:44 pm
MISSISSIPPI LAW: A lawyer accused of trying to bribe a judge also paid two associates $500,000 to convince Attorney General Jim Hood not to file criminal charges against an insurance company over its handling of Hurricane Katrina claims, according to an FBI report in court records. [read post]
23 Dec 2008, 4:12 pm
  Two of the nursing home workers were arrested for crimes including one nurse accused of pouring aftershave on a patient's genitals, Attorney General Jim Hood said. [read post]
5 Feb 2008, 1:20 am
Yes, I know, about now everyone is expecting another edition of Scruggs Nation, where folks gather round the indictment water cooler and drink deeply of the latest scruggsational news and analysis.And that will come with the next post, but first, there is unfinished business regarding Jim Hood. [read post]