Scruggs OXFORD, Miss. - Legal superstar-turned-criminal defendant Richard "Dickie" Scruggs has a constitutional right to a fair trial with an impartial jury. Mississippi's public has a right to know, and Mississippi media has a right to print allegations about Scruggs.

McGraw CHARLESTON, W. Va. - Recent scandals may not make Mississippi seem like much of a legal role model, but a West Virginia legal reform group would like to see its state take some of the same measures.

Charles Foti BATON ROUGE -- Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell could be ready to ditch some of the more "curious" cases he inherited from his predecessor.

Balducci OXFORD, Miss. - Zach Scruggs says he had no knowledge of any plan involving his dad, high-profile trial lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, and the attempted bribery of a state judge.

Don Barrett GULFPORT, Miss. - The remaining members of the former Scruggs Katrina Group are hoping a federal judge in Alabama has proven their point.

Greear CHARLESTON, W. Va. - Republican candidates for West Virginia's Attorney General's office are taking shots at Democratic incumbent Darrell McGraw instead of each other.

Bastress CHARLESTON, W. Va. - While West Virginia Supreme Court hopeful Bob Bastress is calling for a special group to probe the Chief Justice's relationship with the head of a large corporation, the Court's administrator says there is no need to get all worked up.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum joined several others Thursday in introducing state legislation designed to combat counterfeit and pirated goods.

Bill McCollum (L) TALLAHASSEE -- Twenty-six states will receive an average of about $15,000 each from an online yellow pages company under a settlement with Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum.

OXFORD, Miss. - Federal prosecutors said Thursday that there is no meat in indicted trial lawyer Zach Scruggs' sweet potato defense.

Lori Swanson ST. PAUL -- An international labor advocacy group has accused Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson of illegally preventing lawyers in her office from joining a union.

OXFORD, Miss. - Four days before the issue can be argued at a hearing, the defense team for indicted trial lawyer Zach Scruggs has reiterated the reasons it thinks the judicial bribery charges against Scruggs should be dropped.

Spitzer NEW YORK -- Eliot Spitzer, who parlayed his aggressive approach to the Attorney General's office into a successful run at Governor in New York, reportedly has been caught on a federal wiretap soliciting a prostitute.

John Kroger SALEM, Ore. -- Vying to be Oregon's next attorney general are two Democrats who have promised to raise the profile of the office by aggressively protecting consumers and defending the state's vast natural resources.

CHICAGO -- The estate of Barbara Griego, who died in 2006 when her 1999 Ford Explorer rolled over on an interstate, filed a products liability and wrongful death suit against Ford in the Circuit Court of Cook County in January 2008.

Spitzer NEW YORK - Faced with a potentially career-ending prostitution scandal, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is being called on to resign by the state's Republican party.

Dr. Paul Lees-Haley A new psychological test that claims to reveal whether an injured plaintiff is really suffering has launched a bunfight amongst psychologists on both sides of personal-injury lawsuits.

Brown SACRAMENTO -- Despite California Attorney General Jerry Brown's new focus on outreach, California communities who fail to address greenhouse gases may still wind up in court.

McGraw CHARLESTON, W. Va. - West Virginia lawmakers have stopped bickering with Attorney General Darrell McGraw long enough to agree with a settlement designed by McGraw and Gov. Joe Manchin that would use settlement dollars to create sales tax breaks.

McGraw CHARLESTON, W. Va. - West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw made two announcements earlier this month, one a settlement and the other he called a "small victory in the battle against cross-border advance fee loan scams."