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April 4, 2008
WSJ – Small Victories for Tort Reform
Small Victories for Tort Reform Onerous as the legal fees are, the nastier cost is the loss of so many good things. Weiss’s former firm got companies to pay $45 billion in damages. That’s $45 billion that will not create new jobs or life-saving drugs. The fear also reduces options. After Dickie Scruggs filed his…
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April 4, 2008
RSLC – MS: Taxpayers or Class Action Lawyers: Hood Must Decide
MS: Taxpayers or Class Action Lawyers: Hood Must Decide Read the entire article…than ask yourself: If I were Mississippi’s Democrat A.G. Jim Hood – which hurts more in this situation – the rock, or the hard place? NEW YORK CITY – U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Arthur Gonzalez chased criminal lawyers Joey Langston and Tim Balducci of…
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April 4, 2008
Governor vetoes House attempt to undermine tort reform
GOVERNOR VETOES HOUSE BILL 1240 Bill would undermine state’s efforts to end lawsuit abuse through Tort Reform Act of 2004 Governor Haley Barbour today vetoed House Bill 1240, saying the bill would undermine the comprehensive tort reform law he proposed and the Legislature passed in 2004. “I am vetoing House Bill 1240, whose enactment will…
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April 4, 2008
SH – Zach Scruggs appeals disbarment
Zach Scruggs appeals disbarment Attorney Zach Scruggs has followed the lead of his father, Dickie Scruggs, in asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to dismiss a formal complaint that seeks his disbarment. The Mississippi Bar has asked the court to disbar both attorneys because they recently pleaded guilty to felonies in a judicial bribery case, but…
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April 4, 2008
YP – Opinion in Langston v. Pickering in favor of Pickering
The opinion in Langston vs. Pickering in favor of the people of Mississippi represented by State Auditor Stacey Pickering. This decision moves the lawsuit back into Hinds County Circuit Court and presumably through the Mississippi apellate system, which will be a much friendlier venue for the taxpayers as represented by the Auditor.
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April 4, 2008
Scruggs’ former business partner fights sexual harassment suit
Scruggs’ former business partner fights sexual harassment suit Tuesday, Nutt and the firm Liston/Lancaster of Winona apparently reached a settlement with Houston firm Matthews & Associates. The three had teamed to bring complaints against prescription drug maker Pfizer over its diabetes drug Rezulin. The firms entered into an oral agreement then disagreed over how to…
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April 3, 2008
Harper Calls for Party Unity, Sets Sights on Democrats
Harper Calls for Party Unity, Sets Sights on Democrats “You don’t hear much from Democrat’s on Iraq right now,” said Harper, “because the surge has worked.” Harper congratulated the other Republican candidates for their well run campaigns and thanked his many supporters for their hard work. He congratulated them for the effort in helping transform…
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April 3, 2008
Now is not the time for legislature to give themselves a pay raise
Now is not the time for legislature to give themselves a pay raise A legislator should be motivated by policy interests, not career goals or financial reward. Allowing a pay raise at this time would move us in the wrong direction – toward a professional class of politicians. As of today, all provisions relating to…
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April 3, 2008
LNL – Scruggs’ former business partner fights sexual harassment suit
Scruggs’ former business partner fights sexual harassment suit The firm providing the financial support of the former Scruggs Katrina Group is trying to turn the tables on a former employee who filed a sexual harassment suit against it. Defendants led by trial lawyer David Nutt last week filed with a federal court a series of…
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April 3, 2008
Full Copy of the Lee Harrell Deposition
Full Copy of the Lee Harrell Deposition Policy Holders of America 4/3/8 Hattip JDBerry
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April 3, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, April 3: on ‘strike’ against Scruggs
Scruggs Nation, April 3: on ‘strike’ against Scruggs The Mississippi State Bar, as I’ve mentioned, has responded to Dickie Scruggs’ Motion to Stick Around with this Response, which in essence says Scruggs’ guilty plea acknowledges in writing that he is, in fact, guilty of the crime to which he pleaded, and therefore this makes him…
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April 3, 2008
ABA – Long Live the King of Torts?
Long Live the King of Torts? Scruggs, now 61, has for years been a white knight in the eyes of many, especially in Mississippi. As a plaintiffs lawyer, he almost always went after unpopular defendants: makers of asbestos, insurance companies, drug manufacturers and the like. And Scruggs has continued to do so, even though the…
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September 23, 2025
Trump says he now believes Ukraine can win back all territory lost to Russia with NATO’s help
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September 23, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: September 23, 2025
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Daniel Tyson
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September 22, 2025
AG delivers overdose boxes to City of Jackson in hopes of saving lives
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Lynne Jeter
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September 23, 2025
Tandon to speak on trailblazing regenerative medicine at Southern Miss University Forum
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September 17, 2025
Ridgeland-based HORNE to join BDO USA
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Lynne Jeter
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September 16, 2025
Port Pascagoula drives $18.3 billion in economic impact for Mississippi
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Meredith Biesinger
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September 23, 2025
Sleeping in the soul of the Delta at the Shack Up Inn
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Alistair Begg
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September 23, 2025
A taste of Heaven
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Parrish Alford
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September 22, 2025
Ole Miss speaks the loudest in weekend of Big 3 statement games
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Ken Strachan
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September 23, 2025
The court rejected a Google breakup. Now it must protect privacy and America’s edge
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Marisa Atkinson
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September 23, 2025
Ole Miss researchers warn of problem gambling risk among college students
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Ashby Foote
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September 22, 2025
Foote: Obvious connection between great feats of engineering and global leadership
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