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2 Aug 2010, 2:45 am by Ted Frank
The irony: Jim Hood consulted with Dickie Scruggs about how to complain to WSJ about editorial noting how tight he was with Scruggs. [read post]
3 Oct 2013, 11:26 am by Jennifer Zona
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood indicated he may appeal the ruling, while Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, whose office enforces the state’s campaign finance laws, did not immediately issue comment on the case. [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 9:14 am by Nietzer
Hood sues for Feinberg’s records Biloxi Sun Herald | July 12, 2011 Attorney General Jim Hood called a news conference Tuesday to say he has filed a lawsuit against BP claims administrator Ken Feinberg to secure claims records Hood had demanded in a February subpoena, but Feinberg said his office sent Hood records months ago and reviewed the claims process with members of Hood’s staff. [read post]
3 May 2010, 7:05 am by Philip Thomas
The leader of the Mississippi Association for Justice is asking Attorney General Jim Hood to investigate:  We have heard numerous stories of businesses along the Mississippi Gulf Coast that are getting as many as half a dozen phone calls per hour from out-of-state law firms,” the organization’s president, Steve Mullins, said in a letter to Hood. [read post]
3 May 2010, 7:05 am by Philip Thomas
The leader of the Mississippi Association for Justice is asking Attorney General Jim Hood to investigate:  We have heard numerous stories of businesses along the Mississippi Gulf Coast that are getting as many as half a dozen phone calls per hour from out-of-state law firms,” the organization’s president, Steve Mullins, said in a letter to Hood. [read post]
11 Jun 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Awaiting backfire in three, two, one… [Scott Greenfield] Tweet Tags: California, claims fraud, cy pres, disability & schools, Jim Hood, law schools, legal profession, Mississippi, psychiatryJune 12 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [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]
4 Nov 2015, 9:09 pm by Walter Olson
[@bradheath] Mississippi voters on Tuesday returned longtime Attorney General Jim Hood to office by 56-44 margin [Radley Balko; Jackson Clarion-Ledger; earlier Balko on Hood’s spotted record as prosecutor] “No! [read post]
20 Feb 2008, 9:31 pm
By Jane Genova My take, and I'm not alone, on the so-called mis-emailing of Skadden Arps attorney Shelia Birnbaum's message on the Mississippi State Farm-Attorney General Jim Hood tossed case is: That message could have electronically been "mis-sent" to exactly the right people: The media. [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 10:20 pm
" The Langston and Lundy & Davis law firms "were hired as outside counsel to represent the state by current Attorney General [Jim] Hood. [read post]
27 Jun 2007, 8:56 am
On June 11, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed a civil action again State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, alleging breach of contract, bad faith breach of contract, and breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing. [read post]
7 Aug 2008, 12:44 pm
State Farm Insurance Company has agreed to pay an additional $74 million to settle a lawsuit regarding its handling of Hurricane Katrina claims in Mississippi, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced Wednesday reports the Jackson Clarion-Ledger. [read post]
4 Feb 2008, 9:07 pm
David Rossmiller—indispensable for matters Scruggsian—has the details of a Judge Michael Mills's displeasure with Dickie Scruggs's refusal to submit to a deposition in State Farm's lawsuit against state attorney general Jim Hood. [read post]
15 Sep 2005, 2:40 pm
[JURIST] Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood [official website] announced Thursday that his office had filed a civil suit [PDF complaint] against five national insurance companies - Mutual Insurance Co., State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., Allstate Property and Casualty Co., the United Services Automobile Association and Mississippi Farm Bureau Insurance - seeking a declaration that provisions [read post]
12 Jun 2007, 9:19 am
[JURIST] Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood [official website] filed a lawsuit against State Farm [corporate website] Monday, alleging that the insurance company committed a bad faith breach of contract [press release, PDF] related to a settlement reached [JURIST report] on January 23 regarding Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] policies. [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]
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]
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]
28 Jan 2016, 10:10 am by Kasey Tuttle
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood [official website] stated Wednesday that he plans to ask lawmakers to approve the firing squad, electrocution or nitrogen gas as alternate methods of execution [press release] if the state prohibits lethal injections. [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]