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June 5, 2008
Reining In the Kings of Tort
Reining In the Kings of Tort The cases involve two of the country’s most prominent class-action lawyers, Melvyn Weiss and Dickie Scruggs. Over the past several decades, they have won billions in judgments against tobacco companies, asbestos companies, energy companies and other putative corporate villains. Both pleaded guilty this year to criminal abuse of the…
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June 5, 2008
Thompson pans state’s use of Katrina-recovery funds
Thompson pans state’s use of Katrina-recovery funds Thompson, the Democratic chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said Congress should “put some constraints” on future disaster aid “because of the demonstrated poor use of the funds.” He also criticized state attempts to use Katrina reconstruction money to free up funds for nonemergency purposes, including funds…
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June 5, 2008
Wilkie on Scruggs – from DM article on changing name of Scruggs Hall
GOP Scruggs funds reallocated Whether or not the campus music building, Richard and Diane Scruggs Hall, will retain its name is also a topic of discussion. Curtis Wilkie, a former Boston Globe reporter and journalism professor at Ole Miss, who met Scruggs while writing an article about the lawyer, said he considers him a friend…
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June 5, 2008
Harmony Books Chooses Curtis Wilkie for the Dickie Scruggs Book
Another Southern story According to Publishers Lunch, an online book-world scuttlebutt site, our pal and former Globe colleague, Curtis Wilkie, has inked a deal with Harmony Books for a book entitled “King of Torts,” about lawyer Dickie Scruggs, who won fabulous judgments in tobacco and asbestos cases, but may also end up in jail for…
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June 5, 2008
Gallo Notes- Saturday’s Democrat Cookout with Franks.
Gallo Notes- Saturday’s Democrat Cookout with Franks. Franks- The Mississippi Democrats, riding a wave of enthusiasm, will meet Saturday to select their new leadership. All sources point to Mooreville, Mississippi attorney and former Lt. Gov. candidate Jamie Franks to replace Wayne Dowdy. Franks may consider it a runner-up position since kicking himself for not running…
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June 5, 2008
Class action or class extortion? Two lawyers pay the price
Class action or class extortion? Two lawyers pay the price In the novels of John Grisham and the real-life exploits of consumer advocates such as Ralph Nader, the plaintiff’s lawyers are the good guys – populist heroes who battle the avarice of corporate America. But that folkloric image has been battered by two recent cases…
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June 5, 2008
Loophole lets corporations fund political conventions
Loophole lets corporations fund political conventions Five years ago this week, a federal election regulator predicted that corporate sponsorship of political conventions would eventually be as common as it is for football bowl games. “I look forward to the day, by 2008, when Americans can turn on their TVs and watch the Nokia Democratic Convention,…
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June 4, 2008
City leaders plan to vote on revised smoke ordinance
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/4/8 The Jackson City Council is moving forward with plans to vote on an ordinance that would expand the city’s 2003 smoking ordinance to include restaurants but exempt bars. Ward 6 Councilman Marshand Crisler pushed for the exemption for bars, arguing banning smoking entirely would make Jackson a less enticing destination while city…
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June 4, 2008
Scruggs’ sentencing pushed up
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/3/8 Sentencing for prominent lawyer Dickie Scruggs has been changed from July 2 to June 27 at his request. Scruggs faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty March 14 to taking part in an attempt to bribe a Lafayette County judge with $40,000 to rule in his favor. Scruggs’ partner,…
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June 4, 2008
Some hope Obama turns Miss. ‘blue’
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/4/8 Likely Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama may carry Mississippi in the November election despite the state’s history of civil rights strife and voter support of conservative-leaning candidates, some political observers say. Obama supporters agree with their prediction, saying his nomination will prompt a record turnout by African-American voters who make up…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 4, 2008
Lawmakers OK bills on jobless benefits, employment agency
The Sun Herald, 6/4/8 The Mississippi House and Senate have approved proposals to increase the state’s jobless benefits and reauthorize its employment agency. The passage of the bills came after two hours of contentious debate as many lawmakers, many from the impoverished Delta region, argued against increasing jobless benefits only for those on the higher…
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June 4, 2008
Taylor vows to clear cash clogs
The Sun Herald, 6/4/8 U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor promised Tuesday to help frustrated Hancock County supervisors work their way through the Washington maze and unstop funding bottlenecks they say are hampering hurricane recovery. Meeting with supervisors in the board room at the county governmental complex, Taylor listened to a litany of problems experienced by the…
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September 4, 2026
EPA seeks more public comments as it struggles to devise water rule that limits scope on wetlands
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 4, 2026
MDA, HUD update covenants for recipients of Hurricane Katrina Homeowner Assistance Program
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 4, 2026
Mississippi receives approval for WorkFlex waiver, removing barriers to meet employer needs
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Frank Corder
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September 3, 2026
Mississippi middle of the pack in State Tax Competitiveness Index
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Frank Corder
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September 2, 2026
Gulf Ship investing $44 million to expand Gulfport shipyard
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Frank Corder
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August 28, 2026
Ocean Aero creating 45 jobs with $4 million expansion in Gulfport
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Marisa Atkinson
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September 4, 2026
College football’s ‘Wild West’ era raises questions for its future
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Susan Marquez
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September 4, 2026
Mississippi Culture Bearer: Linda Ross-Aldy, a champion of Oakland
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Alistair Begg
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September 4, 2026
Get up and get on
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Mike Chaney
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September 3, 2026
Mississippians deserve more affordable health insurance options
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Sid Salter
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September 2, 2026
For over 40 years, Mississippi workers have exceeded expectations at Raytheon
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Ashby Foote
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September 1, 2026
Energy Wars: Attack of the drones
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