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February 28, 2008

AG-contract bill passes House

The Sun Herald, 2/28/8 A bill that passed the House would require the state attorney general’s office to disclose more information about its contracts with private lawyers. “This is referred to in some parts as the ‘Sunshine Bill,’ ” said Judiciary Chairman Ed Blackmon, D-Canton. He said Tuesday the attorney general would have to notify…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 28, 2008

FBI: Scruggs Paid 2 Men to Persuade AG

The Associated Press, 2/28/8 A prominent attorney embroiled in a judicial bribery case paid two associates $500,000 to convince Mississippi’s Attorney General not to file criminal charges against an insurance company, according to court records. Plaintiffs lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, who sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Cos. soon after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, was…