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Recent News About Mississippi State Executive - Attorney General
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Media outlets to intervene in AG Hood case
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has decided that four media outlets should be allowed to seek the unsealing of the settlement in State Farm Insurance's lawsuit against Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood. -
AG Hood will seek re-election
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Friday that he will run for re-election next year. -
Entergy: Hood's 'unrelated' releases getting old
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Entergy Corp. says Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood should have contacted them before putting out a press release that questioned a transfer of $1.3 billion to the company's nuclear power wing. -
Vt. Senate votes against Entergy, Miss. AG questions $1.3B transfer
Hood MONTPELIER, Vt. (Legal Newsline) - The Vermont Senate decided Wednesday not to grant Entergy Corp. a 20-year extension on its current license to operate a nuclear power plant in the state. -
Miss. auditor weighing appeal in attorneys fees case
Pickering JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering is determing whether he should appeal a court ruling that will allow a pair of admitted felons to keep the millions of dollars they made representing the State. -
Lilly decides to settle with AG Hood
OXFORD, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Even after a federal judge dismissed most of Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's claims, Eli Lilly & Co. has decided to pay $18.5 million to settle the remaining part. -
Private attorneys seek $8.3M in Miss. case
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's Zyprexa case dismissed
Hood NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's lawsuit against Zyprexa-maker Eli Lilly & Co. has been dismissed, two months after a federal judge granted the company summary judgment. -
U.S. justices nix water fight between Mississippi and Tennessee
U.S. Supreme Court building JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court this week put an end to the water-rights battle between Mississippi and Tennessee. -
Miss. damages cap also being challenged in federal court
Lasnik SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - A Mississippi law capping non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits is being challenged in a federal court in Seattle by a plaintiff who recently won $3.2 million. -
U.S. SC sinks AG Hood's water suit
Hood WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear an appeal brought by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood over a groundwater suit against the city of Memphis. -
Blogging attorneys dissect Miss. Zyprexa decision
Beck NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's Zyprexa lawsuit "got slaughtered" by a federal judge, two leading legal bloggers recently wrote. -
N.M. settles with Eli Lilly
King NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New Mexico Attorney General Gary King has finalized a settlement with Eli Lilly & Co. in his lawsuit over the prescription antipsychotic drug Zyprexa. -
Hood looking on bright side of Zyprexa ruling
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Despite Tuesday's bad news, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is remaining optimistic about his Zyprexa lawsuit against Eli Lilly & Co. -
Judge sides with Eli Lilly in Zyprexa case
Hood NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Calling Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's lawsuit against Eli Lilly & Co. a "slash-and-burn style of litigation," the federal judge overseeing Zyprexa lawsuits has granted Lilly summary judgment. -
Scruggs book coming Dec. 2
Lange JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Throughout the downfall of famed plaintiffs attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, visitors to Mississippi political Web site Y'All Politics noted that the saga would make a good book. -
Recent Ala. SC decision should apply to Zyprexa suit, attorneys argue
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. -
Attorneys for Miss. still fighting with Eli Lilly
Hood NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Private attorneys representing the State of Mississippi recently called Eli Lilly & Co.'s request for summary judgment mind-boggling. -
Bailey asks to postpone Mississippi's Zyprexa hearing
Hood NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Because the State of Louisiana has "resolved the need for proceedings" in its Zyprexa case against Eli Lilly & Co., attorneys for Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood wouldn't mind pushing a hearing back a month. -
Disqualify Rendell's outside counsel, paint association argues
Rendell HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - A trade association says government agencies that were lured by the "siren song" of plaintiffs attorneys seeking state contracts have jeopardized balanced government decision-making in parens patriae litigation.