Mississippi State Executive - Attorney General
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Fifth Circuit says Hood's suits against credit card companies should stay in state court
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) -- A federal appeals court ruled this week that Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's lawsuits against a group of credit card issuers should be returned to a state court. -
Miss. AG warns consumers of Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation scams
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood warned consumers on Wednesday of persons or organizations offering to aid in filing claims in the Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation involving the U.S. Department of Agriculture. -
Mississippi AG warns of lottery winnings scam
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood recently warned residents to be wary of phone marketers promising lottery winnings or bogus checks in the mail declaring that they have been selected as a grand prize winner. -
Legal reform group, manufacturers urge U.S. SC to uphold ruling over federal jurisdiction
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- A group of veteran legal reform advocates, in an amicus brief filed last week, want the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a November ruling by a federal appeals court in a case over federal jurisdiction. -
Groups urge U.S. SC to protect foreign defendants' right to federal forum
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- A Washington D.C.-based legal foundation is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the right of out-of-state business defendants to a federal forum in a mass action that, it contends, was strategically filed by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood. -
Hood warns consumers about job scammer
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) -- Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood warned consumers Wednesday about a con artist currently perpetrating a job application scam in the state. -
Report: Miss. AG moves office to hometown
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) -- Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is moving his office to his hometown of Houston, Miss. -
Federal judge certifies securities fraud class action, dismisses allegations of 'pay-to-play' agreements with Miss. AG
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) -- A federal judge certified a securities fraud class action against Diamond Foods Inc., dismissing allegations by the company that two law firms that became class counsel were given the job in exchange for campaign contributions to Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood. -
AGs send letter to Google about internet safety and advertising policies
LINCOLN, Neb. (Legal Newsline) - Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning sent a letter Tuesday to Google that expressed his concern related to the company's internet safety and advertising policies. -
Wis. AG elected president of attorneys general association
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) -- Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen was elected president of the National Association of Attorneys General during its annual summer meeting, held in Boston this week. -
Hood to issue subpoenas to Google over illegal, counterfeit goods sales
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) -- Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, at a meeting of state attorneys general this week, said he plans to issue subpoenas to Internet search giant Google for possible violations of state consumer protection laws. -
Hood, other AGs press Google for answers on counterfeit goods sales
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) -- Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is asking Internet search giant Google to address concerns by him and other state attorneys general that its website is allowing consumers to obtain illegal and counterfeit goods. -
S&P pushes federal judge to dismiss lawsuit filed by DOJ, state AGs
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) -- The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. and its subsidiary Standard & Poor's Rating Services is pushing a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it by the U.S. Department of Justice and a group of state attorneys general. -
U.S. SC to answer question of federal jurisdiction in lawsuit filed by Miss. AG
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether federal courts have jurisdiction over lawsuits filed in state courts by state attorneys general on behalf of consumers. -
U.S. asks federal court to deny S&P's motion to dismiss fraud lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Department of Justice, in a filing Monday, asked a federal court not to dismiss its lawsuit against The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. and its subsidiary Standard & Poor's Rating Services. -
Legal foundation urges court to protect mass action defendant's right to federal forum
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) -- The Washington Legal Foundation urged a federal court Wednesday not to allow Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway to deprive an out-of-state business defendant of its right to a federal forum by filing a parens patriae suit in state court. -
U.S. SC asked to resolve split over federal jurisdiction in lawsuits filed by state AGs
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Supreme Court could decide whether federal courts have jurisdiction over lawsuits filed in state courts by state attorneys general on behalf of consumers. -
Federal judge remands Conn. lawsuit against S&P to state court, 'where it belongs'
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) -- A federal judge has remanded to a state court Connecticut's lawsuit against The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. and its subsidiary Standard & Poor's Rating Services, according to a ruling filed late Wednesday. -
Hood files suit against BP over 2010 spill
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed suit in state and federal courts Friday seeking to recover damages from BP that resulted from the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster. -
Scruggs' conviction upheld by federal appeals panel
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the corruption conviction of disgraced attorney Dickie Scruggs.