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May 7, 2012

SH – Coast has successful legislative session

Coast has successful legislative session House Bill 1410 didn’t make a lot of headlines or newscasts statewide this legislative session, but the measure, the first major structural change to state homeowners insurance laws since Hurricane Katrina, was one of the most important to South Mississippi in years. The bill, authored by Rep. Scott DeLano, R-Biloxi,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 7, 2012

DJ – Jim Hood and Mike Moore “hired some of the best trial lawyers in Mississippi”

Bill limiting AG could cost more Gov. Phil Bryant is almost certain to sign a bill intended to crimp the attorney general’s power to hire outside counsel — private-sector lawyers — to handle litigation on the state’s behalf on a fee contingency basis (a share of any money damages awarded the state). The incumbent, Jim…