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25 Jan 2008, 9:44 pm
One wonders how long the prosecutions of Mel Weiss, Dickie Scruggs, or the Kentucky fen-phen lawyers would last. [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 2:41 am
A reader sent a question asking whether, in light of all the bribery allegations leveled against famed plaintiffs lawyer Dickie Scruggs, the government could seek to forfeit the reputed $1 billion fee he received for his role in the state... [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 12:54 am
  It was followed the same day by Moore's motion to withdraw.-- Lastly, for today, here's a link to the Mississippi Bar's latest on the allegations that Steve Patterson, indicted along with Dickie Scruggs, Tim Balducci and others, had been engaging in the unauthorized practice of law. [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 12:06 am
Papers: Judge Was Told Ruling for Scruggs Could Help Earn Him Federal Post The Associated Press A Mississippi judge who ruled in favor of Richard "Dickie" Scruggs in a dispute over legal fees was told by a friend that siding with the prominent lawyer could mean consideration for the federal bench, prosecutors allege in court papers unsealed this week. [read post]
20 Jan 2008, 9:45 pm
L. essentially has done all the back-room negotiating for Dickie, but you'll never see his tracks," says Pete Johnson, a former state auditor who is now co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority, a federal agency with headquarters in Clarksdale, Miss. ... [read post]
20 Jan 2008, 9:59 am
 Dickie Scruggs was involved in at least one of the cases, it's not known for sure how many. [read post]
18 Jan 2008, 6:16 am
A recently unsealed defense motion (available below) filed by Dickie Scruggs and two other attorneys at his firm gives some insight into where the defense is headed in their prosecution for attempting to offer a bribe to a Mississippi state... [read post]
17 Jan 2008, 12:20 pm
In the case involving Judge Lackey, the White-Collar Crime Prof Blog suggests we turn our attention to Sid Backstrom, one of the three defendants in the case who have yet to agree to plead guilty (along with Dickie and Zach Scruggs). [read post]
17 Jan 2008, 12:32 am
 Judge Biggers granted Tony Farese's motion to withdraw as counsel for Zach Scruggs, and denied Coghlan's motion to appear for Dickie Scruggs, as he indicated he would do in the bench memorandum.-- Nathan F. [read post]
16 Jan 2008, 3:20 pm
Here you go: Scruggs’s Strategy: Yesterday, Judge Biggers unsealed Dickie Scruggs’s motion for a continuance of the trial. [read post]
16 Jan 2008, 11:09 am
  UPDATE: Dickie Scruggs' lawyer says he was framed. [read post]
15 Jan 2008, 3:52 pm
Yesterday's guilty plea by Booneville, Miss. attorney Joseph ("Joey") Langston in the attempted improper influencing of a Mississippi state judge would be major news even if it had nothing to do with the state's most famous attorney, Richard ("Dickie") Scruggs. [read post]
15 Jan 2008, 5:34 am
Readers of the dead-tree version of The Wall Street Journal learned today (subscription required, for now) that the judicial-bribery investigation centered on Mississippi plaintiffs' lawyer Dickie Scruggs has widened. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 11:40 pm
  -- In light of the unveiling of the guilty plea yesterday of bribery conspirator Steve Patterson, it is worth revisiting the Wall Street Journal story of more than a month ago about the Dickie Scruggs Christmas party. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 2:21 pm
., lawyer Joey Langston agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to improperly influence Law Blog Moustache Society member Judge Bobby DeLaughter in a case in which he was representing Dickie Scruggs. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 7:03 am
  He allegedly split the money with Steve Patterson and "a close personal friend" of the judge who was supposed to influence Judge DeLaughter's decision in the case, allegedly acting on behalf of Dickie Scruggs. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 12:44 am
Plus, Courtney Schloemer and some investigators in your office have had some conversations with federal grand jury witnesses that just so happened to be paid consultants of Dickie Scruggs in his civil matters. [read post]
13 Jan 2008, 5:21 pm
” This comes on top of the day’s earlier news implicating Patterson and Dickie Scruggs in a separate scheme to influence a different state judge, in a case dating back to 1994. [read post]
13 Jan 2008, 12:01 pm
“Judge DeLaughter was never influenced by anybody as far as Dickie Scruggs knows. [read post]