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4 Jan 2008, 12:31 am
  Scruggs under indictment, his law firm kicked out of Katrina litigation, Judge Acker swinging a light saber, the SKG looking like Marley's ghost, FBI agents doing lightning raids of law firms when they're not tapping telephones and filming covert videos, everyone connected with Scruggs running for the tall grass, State Farm with an injunction against the Attorney General, Jim Hood either scared to or… [read post]
2 Jan 2008, 6:13 pm
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood on Wednesday filed a complaint in Hinds County Circuit Court against... [read post]
26 Dec 2007, 10:18 am
State Farm alleges in court papers related to those lawsuits that Scruggs colluded with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood to force Katrina case settlements by threatening a criminal investigation.Hood did not return phone messages left at his office. [read post]
22 Dec 2007, 4:28 pm
What caught my eye, however, were these grafs near the end:Attorney General Jim Hood says Balducci’s status as a special assistant attorney general was strictly as an employee of The Langston Law Firm. [read post]
22 Dec 2007, 12:16 am
 Same goes for Jim Hood, I would be happy to receive communications from him. [read post]
15 Dec 2007, 12:57 pm
What would it say about Jim Hood's involvement with the Rigsby sisters, his grand jury investigation of State Farm and his suggestion that Scruggs (according to Scruggs' testimony) send the documents to him, Hood, rather than comply with Acker's injunction, at a time where Hood's criminal and civil pressure played a big part in State Farm' [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 12:48 am
  He also worked closely with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood in lawsuits against State Farm. [read post]
7 Dec 2007, 5:11 pm
Also drawing much attention is the question of whether an intensified ethical searchlight will make life hot for the Mississippi political figures who've participated most extensively in Scruggs's litigation campaigns over the years, namely former Attorney General Mike Moore and present AG Jim Hood. [read post]
7 Dec 2007, 10:56 am
The story goes into extensive details about the legal culture created when then-Mississippi AG Mike Moore started the practice of hiring lawyers as special assistant attorneys general -- continued under current AG Jim Hood -- to prosecute what was in essence private litigation.The scandal stunned the state but it would not have surprised the late Kirk Fordice, former governor of Mississippi. [read post]
7 Dec 2007, 5:02 am
O'Brien writes:As one of his special assistant attorneys general pleads guilty to a bribery charge and one of his largest campaign contributors prepares to defend himself against the same, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has become uncharacteristically tight-lipped. [read post]
6 Dec 2007, 1:36 am
  In Katrina litigation, certainly, it appeared for a while that he was unstoppable as he marched side-by-side as the confidential informant of Attorney General Jim Hood. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 7:06 pm
Balducci is 40 years old, for pete's sake, and was accomplished enough as a lawyer to be named as a special assistant attorney general by AG Jim Hood and to represent th [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 7:29 am
District Judge William Acker hit Scruggs with the contempt charges, claiming he defied an order when he refused to return documents to a claims-handling company working with State Farm Insurance Cos., instead handing them over to Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 12:22 am
 You know, I think this is the time for Mississippi AG Jim Hood to stand up, show some leadership and defend the honor of the man he appointed as "special assistant attorney general. [read post]
2 Dec 2007, 11:30 am
"Attorney General Jim Hood allowed his largest campaign contributor, Joey Langston, to be the plaintiff lawyer and also appointed Tim Balducci as a Special Assistant Attorney General in that case". [read post]
29 Nov 2007, 12:44 am
Attorney Jim Greenlee [originally I said Dunn Lampton, who is the U.S. [read post]
28 Nov 2007, 12:14 am
  The search also is unrelated to a lawsuit State Farm has filed in federal court in Jackson to stop a criminal investigation by Attorney General Jim Hood . . . . [read post]
19 Nov 2007, 10:10 pm
Scruggs was a major source of campaign money for Attorney General Hood.) [read post]
16 Nov 2007, 12:02 am
I thought this WSJ editorial headlined "Mississippi Hoods", on AG Jim Hood and his "confidential informant" Dickie Scruggs, did a very nice job of capturing the flavor of the Mess in Mississippi. [read post]