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MGM fights class action by woman who didn't redeem 19 cent voucher
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - MGM Resorts wants a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit brought by an unhappy gambler who couldn't figure out how to redeem a ticket for 19 cents. -
Jackson residents claim city officials caused contaminated water supply
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) — Residents of Jackson, Miss., are claiming negligence by the mayor, former mayor and other local officials over the city's contaminated water supply. -
Class action: MGM Resorts illegally racking up profits with 'no change policy' at casinos
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) — MGM Resorts is facing a class action lawsuit alleging conversion through its "no change policy" at its casinos. -
Miss. AG settles case with auto lender; Private lawyers get six figures
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – The plaintiffs firm Motley Rice will take more than $100,000 from a settlement recently reached between Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch and Credit Acceptance Corp. -
Orkin hit with $2.6 million arbitration judgment; Miss. couple asks court to enforce
GULFPORT, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – A Biloxi, Mississippi couple wasted no time asking a federal judge to confirm a more than $2.6 million award by an arbitrator who found Atlanta-based pest control company Orkin committed fraud when it allegedly withheld material facts from the couple about their protection contract. -
Jackson residents say in class action that they are overpaying for water service
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – Residents of Jackson, Mississippi have filed suit against the city's water billing provider over allegations they have been overpaying for water service. -
Mississippi law firm amends complaint in lawsuit over fee-splitting arrangement
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) -- As previously reported by Legal Newsline, a Mississippi law firm is suing attorneys and law firms on counts of negligence, breach of duty, and fraud, regarding fees. -
Butler Snow, other law firms named in suit involving timber Ponzi scheme
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – Several law firms have been named as defendants in a lawsuit related to a Ponzi scheme. -
Female at Koch Foods notified EEOC after spotting male's paystub; Company says pay gap is easily explained
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – A Mississippi company is waiting to find out if a federal judge buys its explanation for why a male employee is making more than a female who complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after finding his paystub in his desk. -
Law firm sues Mississippi law firms, individuals over alleged fraud
A law firm is suing Barry Wade Gilmer, Gilmer Law Firm PLLC, Thomas M. Matthews III, Seth C. Little and Matthews & Matthews PLLC, citing alleged breach of duty and fraud. -
Miss. AG, with the help of outside attorneys, sues pharma companies over allegedly unapproved drugs
Attorney General Jim Hood filed six separate lawsuits against the defendant companies in Hinds County Chancery Court last month. The companies have since asked the lawsuits to be removed to federal court, arguing the attorney general’s complaints require the determination of issues of federal law. -
Rehab service alleges Baker Donelson law firm cost it $1 million
Plaintiff The Summit Health and Rehab Services Inc. filed its lawsuit against Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC in Hinds County Circuit Court in Mississippi Jan. 12.