Monthly Archives: December 2007

Scruggs’ attorneys want all evidence

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Scruggs

OXFORD, Miss. – The defense team of prominent trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs says the federal government has not produced all evidence it has obtained in the judicial bribery case against Scruggs and three others.
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Dickie Scruggs, Hot Topics, News

Ohio S.C. makes another pro-business ruling

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Moyer

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Tort reformers recently earned their second major victory in the Ohio Supreme Court this year, as the justices upheld a law that puts caps on non-economic damages in personal injury lawsuits.
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News, State Supreme Courts

Miss. Auditor asks federal court to do nothing in $14 million fight, files state suit

NEW YORK – Mississippi State Auditor Phil Bryant has asked a federal bankruptcy court to abstain from making any decisions in a dispute over $14 million in fees given to a private law firm in the State’s lawsuit against MCI, Inc.
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News, State AGs

Dann loses high-ranking assistant

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Laliberte

COLUMBUS, Ohio – One of Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann’s top aides will head back to private practice after the New Year.
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News, State AGs

Trial lawyers offering input on Fla. insurance lawsuit

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Former Florida Attorney General and current Gov. Charlie Crist has hired three private attorneys to possibly pursue a lawsuit against property insurers.
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Hot Topics, News

Scruggs gets extra month before trial

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Scruggs

OXFORD, Miss. – Though the deadline for discovery will stay the same, U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers has pushed the bribery trial of prominent trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, back more than a month.
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Dickie Scruggs, Hot Topics, News

Hood aide takes aim at prominent blogger

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Hood

JACKSON, Miss. – The director of Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s Insurance Fraud Unit responded Friday to the thoughts of an insurance attorney who focuses his blog on Hurricane Katrina issues and has been quoted in several LegalNewsline.com stories.
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Dickie Scruggs, Hot Topics, News

Hood won’t comment on State Farm motion

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Hood

JACKSON, Miss. – Even the most eye-opening, jaw-dropping allegations remain, merely, allegations until proven otherwise.
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Dickie Scruggs, Hot Topics, News

AG, Gov. want Show-Me givers to resend cash – UPDATE

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Jay Nixon

JEFFERSON CITY — The two major political parties should benefit most from a top bench ruling that ordered Democrat Attorney General Jay Nixon and Republican Gov. Matt Blunt to return millions in campaign funds from 2007. Read More »

News, State AGs

Doctors to face more lawsuits after Mass. SC ruling

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Justice Roderick L. Ireland

BOSTON — Doctors in Massachusetts can now be held liable for harm done to a non-patient, according to a state Supreme Judicial Court ruling last week. Read More »

News, State Supreme Courts