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December 17, 2007
FOLO – But why, Dickie?
But why, Dickie? The most fascinating question, the one at the heart of U.S. v. Scruggs, is really psychological rather than legal or financial. Rossmiller repeats the phrasing of it featured in folo-friend Walter Olson’s article for the Wall Street Journal yesterday: “It just boggles the mind,” said one Mississippi trial lawyer quoted in the…
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December 17, 2007
OVERLAWYERED – Scruggs indictment XI
Scruggs indictment XI The assignment of steady continuing payments to Blake over the life of the tobacco settlement distinctly resembles a gesture toward diverting a share of the tobacco proceeds (a contingency share, as it were) to reward and incentivize Blake, or perhaps Blake-and-others-too, to work for the success of the deal. [corrected 12:24 on…
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December 17, 2007
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 17: Jones v. Scruggs revisited
Scruggs Nation, Day 17: Jones v. Scruggs revisited But back to the central point of today: why would he do it? What Jones and Funderburg appear to be driving at is that acting in this way is a habit, a method of doing business. Seen in this light, the alleged bribery scheme is just an…
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December 17, 2007
Famed attorney told to answer questions about leaked Katrina documents
Famed attorney told to answer questions about leaked Katrina documents A federal judge has ruled that Scruggs and his son and law partner, Zach, can be questioned under oath about their handling of leaked documents in a Hurricane Katrina insurance case. The order is unusual because Scruggs is an attorney in the case, and his…
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December 17, 2007
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 18
Scruggs Nation, Day 18 Not much time for blogging today, but numerous readers have been sending me links to two good stories in today’s papers, one by Anita Lee in the Sun Herald on P.L. Blake, another by Jerry Mitchell in the Clarion-Ledger on prosecutors’ investigation into a prior Scruggs fee dispute in Hinds County.…
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December 17, 2007
As If On Cue, the CL Carries Water for Speekah Billy McCoy
The most unpardonable journalistic sin is plagarism. The second is burying the lead. Today, the CL Editorial Board may have to beg for forgiveness in the second department. Today in their Editorial Speaker: McCoy’s the Better Choice, Hampton & Company seem conflicted about their choice. We find no fault in Smith – moreover, we like…
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December 17, 2007
CL – Feds probe Hinds case
Feds probe Hinds case It began in 1994 in Hinds County Circuit Court when Alwyn Luckey sued his two former law partners, Scruggs and Scruggs’ then-law partner, William Roberts Wilson Jr., for what Luckey’s contract called for – 25 percent of the attorney fees from litigation against asbestos manufacturers. Wilson countersued Scruggs for monies he…
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December 17, 2007
SUNHERALD – Dickie Scruggs’ $50 million man
Dickie Scruggs’ $50 million man Blake will earn $50 million, court records show, for clipping newspaper articles and alerting Scruggs to maneuvering in political “cloakrooms,” as Scruggs put it, from Mississippi to Washington. Scruggs managed a transformation of his own over the same two decades, from small-town attorney to polished multi-millionaire. Scruggs also amassed around…
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December 15, 2007
FOLO – NMC Checks Out Balducci’s Chops
NMC Checks Out Balducci’s Chops Tim Balducci apparently had a different theory. The first three are all criminal cases in which the circuit judge was Henry Lackey — and Tim lost! And lost on appeal! Two were of such insignificance the court did not write an opinion, and in the third, the only issue was…
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December 15, 2007
CL – Mike Moore: Senate decision crushing for Dems
Moore: Senate decision crushing for Dems It was considered a near certainty that Moore would run. Since he chose to pursue private legal practice in 2004, it was common political wisdom that he was itching to be a senator, only biding his time until either Lott, 66, or Sen. Thad Cochran, 70, chose to retire.…
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December 15, 2007
WSJ – Mississippi’s Tort King
Mississippi’s Tort King “It just boggles the mind,” said one Mississippi trial lawyer quoted in the Los Angeles Times about the indictment of tort lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs last week on charges of backing the attempted bribery of a state judge. “Here is a man who has had an enormous amount of success, who reached…
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December 15, 2007
JPD SWAT members deputized by McMillin
JPD SWAT members deputized by McMillin Malcolm McMillin, Hinds County sheriff and Jackson police chief, deputized 20 members of the Jackson Police Department SWAT team and hostage negotiations team Friday morning, giving them jurisdiction throughout Hinds County. McMillin said he did it so the JPD officers can assist the 14 SWAT team members of the…
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August 7, 2025
Mississippi is an attractive place for corporate investment. Find out why
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 7, 2025
Division of Medicaid seeking public comment on federal healthcare grant program
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August 7, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: August 7, 2025
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Lynne Jeter
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August 5, 2025
Mancuso Chemicals investing $5.52 million in the Magnolia State
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August 4, 2025
Cherry elected Mississippi Power chairman, CEO
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Lynne Jeter
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July 17, 2025
Southern Miss, Integer Technologies land $25 million defense contract
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Susan Marquez
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August 7, 2025
Pike County’s Sophie Marie lands national cooking show
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Alistair Begg
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August 7, 2025
Serve where He has placed you
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Richelle Putnam
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August 6, 2025
The Song Inside Us All: Voices from the 2025 MSA Pines Region Songwriters Festival
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Kelley Williams
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August 7, 2025
Bob Dylan and the Overton Window
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Russ Latino
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August 7, 2025
The Mississippi Democratic Party got mad about school choice, then unwittingly made the case for it
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Sid Salter
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August 6, 2025
Will moving Neshoba stump speeches to June in 2026 lessen the fair’s political impact?
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