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December 11, 2007
Hood Surfaces . . . But Only For Long Enough to Pile on Balducci
Through A Spokesman, Of Course By Alan Lange
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December 11, 2007
FBI searches law office of Richard Scruggs’ attorney
FBI searches law office of Richard Scruggs’ attorney Hood has also worked with Balducci in the past. He hired Langston’s firm to represent the state in collecting $100 million in back taxes from telecom giant MCI. Langston and Balducci were paid $14 million as part of the MCI settlement in May 2005. Hood tried to…
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December 11, 2007
WSJLAWBLOG – The Mess In Mississippi: The Joe Biden Connection
The Mess In Mississippi Patterson and Balducci had grand ambitions — they wanted their firm to become a leading Democratic lobbying shop/law firm with a reach stretching beyond Mississippi, according to people familiar with their plans. They opened an office in Washington, D.C., and lured a number of influential Mississippi Democrats to affiliate with their…
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December 11, 2007
LNL – Feds search another Mississippi attorney’s office
Feds search another Mississippi attorney’s office Hood hired Langston’s firm to represent the State in its lawsuit against MCI that alleged the company owed millions in back taxes. As part of the $100 million settlement, Langston’s firm received $7 million and the Louisiana firm that first noticed the problem received another $7 million. State Auditor…
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December 11, 2007
Track Air Scruggs In Real Time
Track Air Scruggs in real time as it prepares the defense. Hattip David Rossmiller at Insurance Coverage Blog
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December 11, 2007
WSJLAWBLOG – Feds Search Offices of Scruggs’s Attorney
Feds Search Offices of Scruggs’s Attorney Update: Earlier today we did a Law Blog post on Joe Biden’s connection to Patterson Balducci. It looks like Joey Langston is a big supporter of the Delaware senator’s presidential campaign, too. According to Open Secrets, he and his family have given the Biden campaign about $12,000. WSJ Law…
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December 11, 2007
BREAKING – CL and SUN HERALD Report that Joey Langston’s Office Raided
Joey Langston’s Office Raided Clarion Ledger Story FBI agents went inside the office this morning of Booneville lawyer Joey Langston, an attorney for multimillionaire Mississippi lawyer trial lawyer Dickie Scruggs. “They are executing a search warrant,” said Deborah Madden, spokeswoman for the FBI in Jackson. Sun Herald Story The FBI served a search warrant today…
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December 10, 2007
Scruggs Nation, Day 12: the investigation widens
Scruggs Nation, Day 12: the investigation widens I want to point out one more paragraph from the story before moving on to highlight the point at the end of this post. Here is the graf: Working the political and legal machinery in Mississippi isn’t new to Mr. Scruggs. In his deposition with Mr. Merkel in…
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December 10, 2007
Candidate wants race called
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/8/7 Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd follows the law, Democrat Adrienne Wooten says she’ll be named District 71 state representative and the harangue over the office can be laid to rest. Kidd will rule Monday on Wooten’s request.
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December 10, 2007
3Q’s with Phil Bryant, Lt. gov.-elect
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/9/7 As he prepares to take office, Phil Bryant discusses his transition from auditor to lieutenant governor, and his priorities for the upcoming legislative session with the Journal’s Bobby Harrison.
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December 10, 2007
Overlawyered: Scruggs indictment VIII
Overlawyered, 12/10/7 A report in today’s New York Times advances the ball on a number of fronts: Per an unidentified official, “federal prosecutors have asked the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section to examine whether Mr. Scruggs has engaged in multiple bribery attempts of local judges.” The Times interviews Clarksdale, Miss. attorney Charles M. Merkel Jr.,…
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December 10, 2007
Senate appointment Barbour’s biggest clout yet
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 12/9/7 Haley Barbour has leveraged the relatively limited powers of the Mississippi governor’s office as no one before him through a combination of political skills and relentless drive. His legislative influence in the last term was without recent parallel. But in the long term, Barbour’s most momentous exercise of…
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Frank Corder
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April 20, 2026
USDA says 45 Mississippi counties have been affected by drought
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Sophie Bates, Associated Press
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April 20, 2026
Backlog in liquor, wine deliveries frustrates retailers in Mississippi
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Daniel Tyson
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April 20, 2026
Jackson airport funding included in governor veto as trial over control set for June
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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
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Susan Marquez
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April 10, 2026
C Spire completes work under Mississippi Capital Projects Fund to expand high-speed, broadband infrastructure
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Daniel Tyson
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April 9, 2026
Amazon investing another $12 billion in Central Mississippi
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Robert St. John
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April 20, 2026
The Yonderlust Twenty
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Alistair Begg
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April 20, 2026
Enough for today
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Matt Friedeman
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April 19, 2026
Hosea and the kiss
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Chris Brown
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April 20, 2026
Simplified reporting will increase welfare fraud and errors
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Sid Salter
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April 15, 2026
April 15th is the perfect day to focus on the ramifications of federal and state tax gaps
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Hunter Estes
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April 14, 2026
From Mississippi to the moon
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