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11 Mar 2008, 2:11 am
In the consolidated Rita litigation against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., plaintiffs attorney Jennifer Jones sought to make a pre-emptive strike on behalf of her 125 clients. [read post]
6 Mar 2008, 7:11 am
“Unfortunately, in Louisiana, we have a long history of attorney generals doling out litigation to friends and contributors,” Ciolino said. [read post]
3 Mar 2008, 12:00 am
The decision won't affect a more serious case in Mississippi, where Scruggs is accused of conspiring to bribe a judge over $26.5 million in attorney fees stemming from a Katrina-related settlement with State Farm. [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 9:07 pm
Because of the individuals involved (Dickie Scruggs, Zach Scruggs, Sidney Backstrom, former Senator Trent Lott and most recently Jim Hood, the Mississippi Attorney General) and the issues presented (judicial bribery), this case has received national if not international attention. [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 12:46 pm
"First of all, there is this general tendency not to believe children," Dixon said. [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 5:50 am
In this AP story by Holbrook Mohr, does Jim Hood sound like he's about had enough of being Attorney General of Mississippi? [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]
27 Feb 2008, 12:11 am
He had not seen the injunction prior to that call from his generous benefactor and it was Scruggs, rather than Attorney General Hood, who therefore made the interpretation that is now being used as a hypothetical excuse for the defiance of the court. [read post]
26 Feb 2008, 6:43 am
," which addresses the practice of state attorneys general outsourcing lawsuits to private plaintiffs' attorneys. [read post]
26 Feb 2008, 6:34 am
SLF and SFIC were near a settlement, however, [Dickie Scruggs] learned that the Mississippi State Attorney Generals office had threatened to indict SFIC due to some impasses between the Attorney Generals office and SFIC. [read post]
25 Feb 2008, 8:31 pm
In the state of Mississippi during the last 5 years, 27 law firms have been retained by Mississippi Attorney General James Hood to purse state lawsuits on contingency. [read post]
25 Feb 2008, 11:22 am
That’s become a sleazy practice in many states, and it is finally coming under scrutiny — notably in Mississippi, home of Dickie Scruggs, Attorney General Jim Hood, and other legal pillars. [read post]
25 Feb 2008, 8:40 am
State attorneys general often abuse their power. [read post]
24 Feb 2008, 3:21 pm
Should state Attorneys General be able to outsource their legal work to for-profit tort lawyers, who then funnel a share of their winnings back to the AGs? [read post]
24 Feb 2008, 10:26 am
No. 05-4182, became the umbrella for all cases that concern damages caused by flooding as a result of breaches or overtopping in the areas of the 17th Street Canal, the London Avenue Canal, the Industrial Canal, and the Mississippi Gulf River Outlet.This litigation involves claims for property damage, claims for insurance coverage, claims against the Army Corps of Engineers and state and local agencies that responded to the Hurricane, at least one lawsuit filed by the Louisiana… [read post]
22 Feb 2008, 7:19 pm
Fishkin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. [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]
20 Feb 2008, 9:15 am
.'" From the Insurance Coverage Blog: Some of [Mississippi Attorney General] Jim Hood's proneness to gaffes must have rubbed off on Sheila Birnbaum of Skadden, Arps, a lead counsel for State Farm, when she was down in Mississippi to hear Hood testify February 6....Birnbaum accidentally replied to all the people on the distribution list for an e-mail Hood's press spokeswoman sent out this morning to a number of people, including… [read post]
19 Feb 2008, 1:24 pm
"The only reason it is referred to as such is because the details of the attorney general's criminal investigation needed to be protected," Schaefer wrote. [read post]
19 Feb 2008, 9:16 am
And they will continue to squeal because, at the end of the day, they understand that the office of attorney general will never stop its fight to protect the citizens of Mississippi. [read post]
