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News published on Legal Newsline in December 2007

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News from December 2007


Scruggs quits on Katrina cases

By John O'Brien |
Scruggs OXFORD, Miss. - No longer will prominent trial lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs represent his clients who have pending Hurricane Katrina-related lawsuits their insurance companies.

Blumenthal comes to Cuomo's side

By John O'Brien |
Blumenthal HARTFORD, Conn. - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo received some more support from a colleague Monday in his mission to make the relicensing of Indian Point nuclear power plant more difficult.

AGs suing R.J. Reynolds over 'deadly charm' of cartoons

By John O'Brien |
BALTIMORE - Maryland is one of eight states that has decided to sue tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds over allegations that the company has violated certain advertising restrictions of 1998's Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.

Kansas top bench to get final word on power plants

By Legal News Line |
Chief Justice Kay McFarland (R) TOPEKA -- The future of two contentious coal-fired power stations proposed for southwest Kansas now lies in the hands of the Kansas Supreme Court.

Scruggs' greed possibly led to indictment

By John O'Brien |
Scruggs OXFORD, Miss. - Long seen as an advocate for the underdogs who take on large corporations, Mississippi trial lawyer Richard Scruggs has apparently shown a different side to one of his colleagues.