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.
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - An attorney who fights settlements that provide coupons to consumers and millions of dollars to attorneys says he was not surprised by the outcome of Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's settlement with Microsoft.
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced the final payment on Friday from Microsoft as part of a multimillion-dollar antitrust settlement the company reached with the state in 2009.
McGraw CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - A West Virginia legal reform group, pointing to recent actions by Mississippi's auditor, says state lawmakers need to put a stop to Attorney General Darrell McGraw's "questionable" lawsuit settlement practices.
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) -- The Mississippi Auditor's Office has asked the state Supreme Court to declare funds that Attorney General Jim Hood collects from lawsuits to be public money.
McKenna SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - A software company that sold programs to more than 19,000 Washington residents must offer refunds to some of those consumers as part of a settlement announced Tuesday by Attorney General Rob McKenna.
Abbott SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - A Seattle-based blogger and Google's general counsel are questioning whether Microsoft is pulling the strings in the Texas attorney general's office.
Abbott SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Google's methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas' attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's most dominant search engine.
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.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)- Microsoft Corp. was dealt another major legal defeat this week when a federal appeals court denied the computer software giant's request that a full panel of judges hear their arguments in a long running patent dispute.
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.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday considered whether patent protections for methods of doing business should be expanded, in a case closely watched by the nation's technology industry.
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.
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether patent protections for methods of doing business should be expanded.
Mark Behrens WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Bad economic times for the nation's trial bar has plaintiffs' attorneys pursuing mass torts to get the most bang out of their buck, observers told Legal Newsline.
McDonnell RESTON, Va. (Legal Newsline) - The four candidates to become Virginia's next governor will participate in a forum hosted by Microsoft on April 3.
Sereboff They are called by a name nobody wants to use for its derogatory meaning, yet everyone does use it because it so clearly defines the objective.
U.S. District Judge T. John Ward It took a car headrest - that familiar object that is often overlooked until it is needed by a stiff-necked driver - to profoundly change an East Texas court.
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline)-Former partners of the plaintiffs' firm Milberg LLP who were indicted for paying clients kickbacks in shareholder lawsuits were sentenced Monday to federal prison.