Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - The lawyer for a man accused of killing a Catholic priest has filed a complaint alleging ethics violations by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood for airing a campaign commercial that, he says, tainted the jury pool.
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - A lawyer for a man accused of killing a priest says a campaign commercial for freshly re-elected Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has tainted the jury pool.
Gunn JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - One Mississippi lawmaker says Gov. Haley Barbour's warning not to rely on recent legal settlements as a "windfall" for the state's budget is another example of why the Legislature -- not Attorney General Jim Hood -- needs to do the appropriating.
Barbour JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has warned a joint legislative budget committee against relying on recent legal settlements with four pharmaceutical companies as a "windfall" for the state budget next year.
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced on Monday that two more settlements with three pharmaceutical manufacturers have been reached in the ongoing cases related to average wholesale prices.
Feinberg JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Kenneth Feinberg, the man tasked with paying out Gulf oil spill claims, has filed his objection to having a lawsuit against him heard in a Mississippi court.
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is arguing that his lawsuit against the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which processes BP oil spill claims, should be heard in a state court.
Scruggs WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A documentary that debuts Monday night chronicles personal injury lawyers who abused America's civil justice system.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - On the first day of its new term, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of Paul Minor, a Mississippi trial lawyer who was convicted of a judicial bribery scheme involving loans to state judges.
Barbour JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour asked the state's Attorney General Jim Hood on Wednesday to refrain from filing a lawsuit against oil giant BP in the wake of the Gulf oil spill.
Hood HATTIESBURG, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - State Farm Insurance isn't making any arguments to keep the settlement in its case against Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood sealed.
Hood HATTIESBURG, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is again opposing the unsealing of the settlement in State Farm Insurance's lawsuit against him.
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering has again lost a challenge to attorneys fees paid to private attorneys hired to represent the state by Attorney General Jim Hood.
Hood HATTIESBURG, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Four media outlets have asked a federal judge to unseal a settlement in State Farm Insurance's lawsuit against Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood.
James Kitchens JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline)-The Mississippi Supreme Court has revived a lawsuit against Bayer AG, ruling the state can refile a claim the pharmaceutical giant defrauded its Medicaid program.
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Attorneys for the state of Mississippi who engineered a $40 million settlement with Microsoft are seeking $8.3 million in fees.
Hood NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Before Eli Lilly & Co. decides to settle Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's Zyprexa lawsuit, it wants a federal judge to take a look at a recent decision by the Alabama Supreme Court.
Hood NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Private attorneys representing the State of Mississippi recently called Eli Lilly & Co.'s request for summary judgment mind-boggling.
DeLaughter OXFORD, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Federal attorneys say they don't care how Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter ruled in a fees dispute involving incarcerated plaintiffs lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, just that he took a bribe.
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - In a settlement that will give consumers $12 vouchers, the State of Mississippi will receive $40 million from Microsoft and lawyers will receive another $10 million.