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Group wants W. Va. lawmakers to follow Mississippi's lead
McGraw CHARLESTON, W. Va. - Recent scandals may not make Mississippi seem like much of a legal role model, but a West Virginia legal reform group would like to see its state take some of the same measures. -
Scruggs contempt case dismissed
Scruggs BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge on Friday dismissed criminal contempt charges against troubled trial lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, who is still fighting federal charges that he attempted to bribe a state judge. -
Hood: Thrill might be gone
Hood JACKSON, Miss. - Asserting that he did not need to tap the deep pockets of indicted trial lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs to get re-elected, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Wednesday his passion for the job may have diminished. -
Scruggs allegedly offered sum to influence Hood
Hood JACKSON, Miss. - Worried a state-run criminal investigation might interfere with his payday, indicted trial lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs may have attempted to sway Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's decision to prosecute State Farm Insurance Cos. -
Hood a newsmaker once again
Hood JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said last week that prosecuting campaign contributors involved in a pair of alleged judicial bribery schemes would hit a little too close to home. -
Blogosphere becomes authority, issue in Scruggs case
Scruggs JACKSON, Miss. - In many ways, the saga of indicted trial lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs was made for the Internet, not the time-consuming production of a novel or movie. -
AG Hood wants change in campaign finance laws
Hood JACKSON, Miss. - Despite recent popular opinion, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says no elected official in his state is more concerned with the state of campaign finance laws. -
State Farm's case against Hood over
Hood HATTIESBURG, Miss. - State Farm Insurance Cos.' lawsuit against Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has come to an end with a confidential settlement. -
State Farm wants to hear Scruggs' silence in person
Hood HATTIESBURG, Miss. - State Farm Insurance Cos. is not on board with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's reluctance to let indicted trial lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs personally plead the fifth in a deposition. -
Hood, Scruggs will have to talk
Hood HATTIESBURG, Miss. - State Farm Insurance Cos. says it will get a chance to depose Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood and indicted trial lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs as a result of a federal court order entered Thursday. -
Firing the only punishment from AG Hood for Langston
Hood JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Monday that he is disappointed in one of his largest campaign contributors, an attorney hired twice by him to represent the State of Mississippi in court, though he won't prosecute him. -
Barrett Law attorney switches jobs, drops Katrina suits
Smith GULFPORT, Miss. - One of the remaining members of the former Scruggs Katrina Group has dropped his Katrina cases, but it has nothing to do with recent requests made by State Farm Insurance Cos. to do so. -
Answers wanted from Rigsby sisters
The Rigsby sisters GULFPORT, Miss. - E.A. Renfroe and Co., Inc., is seeking to force the two "whistleblower sisters" to answer questions to which their attorneys objected in a November Hurricane Katrina-related deposition. -
The Rigsby sisters
Kerri Rigsby and Cori Rigsby Moran Former employees of E.A. Renfroe, Inc., which handled Hurricane Katrina claims on behalf of State Farm. Turned over State Farm documents to Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, claiming they showed State Farm was unfairly treating policyholders. Became insurance litigation consultants for Scruggs at a salary of $150,000. -
Scruggs gets extra month before trial
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. -
Hood won't comment on State Farm motion
Hood JACKSON, Miss. - Even the most eye-opening, jaw-dropping allegations remain, merely, allegations until proven otherwise. -
Katrina firm hit with sexual harassment suit
JACKSON, Miss. - A paralegal is alleging that her time at Nutt and McAlister was more like Spring Break and that she was fired for complaining that the firm's attorneys were violating a judge's injunction in a Hurricane Katrina-related case. -
Hood in middle of $14 million legal fee fight
Hood NEW YORK CITY - Most politicians would leap at a chance to win back millions of dollars from attorneys under federal investigation, but Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood must pass up the chance because he hired them. -
Hood's site making transition
Hood JACKSON, Miss. - After its redesign, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's website has a different look -- both in layout and content. -
Balducci apparently no longer a SAAG
Balducci NEW YORK - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's office says it is pretty sure it is no longer employing attorney Timothy Balducci, who recently pleaded guilty to attempting to bribe a state judge.