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Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 22, 2012

Overlawyered looks at Jim Hood’s hiring of Mike Moore for BP case

Hood hires Moore for Mississippi BP suit The cozy dealings between the state of Mississippi and well-connected private lawyers — especially the way the state comes to hire those lawyers on contingency fee to pursue high-ticket suits against outside defendants — have long furnished grist for this site. Now, opening a new chapter, Mississippi AG…
Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 21, 2012

LegalNewsline picks up on Jim Hood’s hiring of Mike Moore to handle BP conflict

Hood hires former AG, former SC justice to handle BP claims Hood told The Associated Press Tuesday that he has hired Mike Moore, a Democrat who served as attorney general from 1988 to 2004, and Reuben Anderson, the first African-American justice to serve on the state’s high court. The attorney general also confirmed to the…