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April 30, 2010

Pickering-Hoods comments perpetuate Mississippi’s pay-to-play image, Hood just wants to avoid MSSC

Statement of State Auditor Stacey Pickering addressing ruling on attorneys fees in Microsoft litigation “The lower courts that have addressed this ongoing dispute have yet to address or acknowledge the existence of Mississippi Supreme Court precedent and former Attorney General Mike Moore’s testimony under oath that special assistants are to be paid in contingency fee…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 30, 2010

Hood to Pickering – “put aside the partisan politics”

Statement by Attorney General Jim Hood Regarding Microsoft Ruling: “Two judges, in two different lawsuits brought by the State Auditor, have now reached the same conclusion that these cases involving fees paid to outside legal counsel had no merit and held no basis in fact. Legal fees in the MCI and Microsoft cases were paid…