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Breitbart.com reviews Injustice the Film - ‘must see’ and ‘a gem’
State Farm appeals Katrina-related whistleblower lawsuit ruling
Daily Journal agrees to Dickie Scruggs interview, as long as there are no bribe questions
Note to Bill Minor - Exchanging ideas produces positive results for Mississippi
SALTER - Hood’s outside counsel choices in BP case will draw some fire
JJ - Dickie/Zach Scruggs’ lawyer Mike Moore and Billy Quin chosen to sue BP on behalf of Jim Hood
FINDLAW - A Cautionary Tale: The Epic Fall of Dickie Scruggs
ZNN - Here Enterprises (OTC: HRTE) CEO Hal Neilson will assist in defending alleged Ricin terrorist
Judge grants prison return motion by Dickie Scruggs
City Grocery, we hardly knew ye - ZNN reports Dickie Scruggs requests to go back to prison on 4/29
YallPolitics gets a mention on Dickie Scruggs coverage from WSJ
BLAWGLETTER - The Saga of Dickie Scruggs
NMC - 5th holds that Scruggs’s guilt of bribing DeLaughter was “overwhelmingly establishe[d]”
BREAKING - Dickie Scruggs denied at the 5th Circuit
FLASH - Jury finds State Farm committed fraud against federal government
Rigsby Gals Update - Judge rules no intent by State Farm to defraud NFIP - Jury to hear other charge
Burress v. Langston lawsuit dismissed without payment
Engineer questions State Farm’s ethics during testimony
ZNN - Judge Mills slam dunks Ken Nowlin’s appeals
Rigsby Gals rest - Cori never takes the stand
Rigsby Gals’ Trial - Day 2
Rigsby Gals’ trial begins
Oliver Diaz, Mississippi Business Journal legal expert, on damages ruling
Dickie Scruggs oral argument at the 5th circuit
Court of Appeals says Mississippi’s cap on personal injury cases legal
ZNN Makes Trip to New Orleans - Fails to mention that Scruggs pleaded guilty
Legal News Line - Scruggs asks Court to Toss Guilty Plea
Dickie Scruggs takes case to 5th Circuit today
Kalich - Jim doesn’t trust us
Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield busted for bribery
Paul Minor to be sent to halfway house on Wednesday, his father says
BREAKING - Zach Scruggs and Paul Minor . . . forever felons
S&P hires John Keker, Dickie Scruggs’ attorney, to rep them in fraud case
Dickie Scruggs court date set for March 4
YP FLASHBACK on why we think Zach Scruggs is appealing to SCOTUS
Zach Scruggs, now working for Solar Blue in Orlando, appeals to SCOTUS - decision to hear on 2/15/13
SH Editorial - AG Jim Hood forgets who is real clients are… The Taxpayer
Christi McCoy to MSSC - my client’s broke, UPS Oxford sux & you cost a lot
USF&G Insurance Co seeks sanctions against Paul Minor
I’ll have a Solar Blue Christmas without you
Kingfish reports indictment of Austin & Claiborne Frazier, CE Frazier and Spencer Copeland
Scruggs 5th circuit oral argument date set
ATRA’s 2012 Judicial Hellhole report - and Mississippi ain’t on it thanks to Sunshine laws on AG
Scruggs makes it home in time for the holidays
ZNN - Dickie Scruggs’ prison release date set
Bill Minor, not suprrisingly, opposed to charter schools and the help they’d give poor MS students
Zach Scruggs - Probably the first legal victory we’ve had in 5 years
ZNN - Scruggs legal fallout continues, five years later (but he’s still super-dreamy)
NMC - Is Judge Davidson signaling he made wrong ruling on Scruggs appeal
BREAKING - Dickie Scruggs granted bail pending appeal by Judge Glen Davidson
Here Enterprises (PINK: HRTE) run by Hal Neilson has now been moved to OTC “no information” status
MINOR: Mississippi lacks U.S. Senate clout of old
ZNN - Judge grants early end to probation to Hal Neilson’s former business partner Dino Grisanti
ZNN: Curtis Wilkie - MS Supreme Court ‘seats have been bought for years’
Rep. Earle Banks forces put out ‘dirty tricks’ robocall - invokes Dickie Scruggs
Upcoming Film - “The Oliver Diaz Story”
Six-year-old antitrust case filed by Miss. AG Hood finally ready to proceed
Dickie Scruggs uses bail request to disclose ‘malignant cancerous lesion’ that needs treatment
Dickie Scruggs now trying for appeal bail - on 2/11/9 - “I acknowledge and own up fully to my role”
ZNN - Should Scruggs’ punishment continue for DeLaughter bribe
ZNN - Dickie Scruggs asks for bail while DeLaughter appeal considered
Merrell Williams boldly states Obama, John Grisham and Houston trial lawyer will free Dickie Scruggs
Mississippi AG Jim Hood inserts himself in Prince Harry “party girl” flap
Jack Dunbar comes out in support of Flip Phillips for Supreme Court
Paul Minor disbarred in Louisiana
ZNN - 5th Circuit denies new Zach Scruggs appeal - no member wanted to hear it
Miss. AG Hood’s credit card case waiting on Fifth Circuit guidance
Former Gulfport mayor wants conviction vacated a la Zach Scruggs
Great work by NMC to deconstruct Ed Peters/Bobby DeLaughter’s fraud in the Eaton v. Frisby case
Judge’s Ruling Condemns Eaton Corp. Lawyers’ Court Conduct
MLR - Eaton Contemplated Trying to Improperly Influence Judge Swan Yerger
Judge says Eaton had ‘blatant disregard’ for producing documents to Mississippi court
Judge says Eaton had ‘blatant disregard’ for producing documents to Mississippi court
Attorney general hands over big check to legislators
JJ - Jim Hood gets what he wants… and loses
Zach Scruggs asks for another try with 5th Circuit appeal
McComb Enterprise - Republicans like to pass the buck to Hood
Is Zach Scruggs Innocent? 5th Circuit: Meh. It Doesn’t Matter
ZNN—Zach Scruggs’ lawyers looking at appeal
ZNN - Zach Scruggs l-l-l-l-loses 5th Circuit appeal
NMC - Fifth Circuit affirms Zach Scruggs’s appeal
YP - Zach Scruggs totally shut down at the 5th circuit
Appeals court refuses to vacate Zach Scruggs’ guilty plea in corruption case
YP FLASH - Intraday trading on the company Hal Neilson’s runs (HRTE) hits $.0001/share
Court upholds sentences in corruption case for Paul Minor, John Whitfield and Wes Teel
Paul Minor’s conviction upheld again by the 5th - Skilling argument shot down as inapplicable
New judge sought in Burress v. Langston lawsuit
Oliver Diaz speaks against corporate influence in judge elections
The lawsuits are piling up against Eaton Corp.
Yet another shareholder lawsuit against Eaton Corp. (NYSE: ETN)
Attorney General Hood intends to retry woman represented by the Innocence Project
Jim Hood continues with re-prosecution of women convicted of faulty bite mark evidence
FLASHBACK - Jim Hood initiates investigation into bite mark testimony (during election time)
Plain Dealer - Eaton shareholders file lawsuit
Eaton’s trade-secrets case began with an FBI raid
Scott+Scott LLP Files Shareholder Class Action Against Eaton Corporation
BILL MINOR: The naming game changes with political, legal fortunes
Brumfield - U.S. attorney Adams scrutinized for federal judgeship
MBJ Video - Oliver Diaz Talks “Hot Coffee”
Hood announces state foreclosure consortium
Paul Minor defense appeared to have a bad day in front of the 5th circuit last week
SLABBED Hal Neilson’s (CEO of NASDAQ: HRTE) suit against former US Attorney Jim Greenlee dismissed
Really good post from NMC deconstructing the Zach Scruggs legal argument at the 5th
Bobby DeLaughter petitions court for early termination from supervised release
Oral argument for Zach Scruggs at 5th Circuit
AP - Appeals court asked to toss guilty plea by Zach Scruggs
Judge Neal Biggers dismisses Hal Neilson’s lawsuit against Jim Greenlee and US Atty
Zach Scruggs’ (err, Patsy Brumfield) account of his 5th Circuit Obfuscation-fest
Hearing today in Zach Scruggs’ appeal
ZNN and @realnewsqueen are shilling onsite for Zach Scruggs at US 5th Circuit today
Pro-Scruggs blog (yes, there’s actually one) pushes for the Rigsby gals
Paul Minor and Zach Scruggs have their days in court (yet again) next week
YP-HERE Enterprises (HRTE) stock trading down over 50% since Mississippian Hal Neilson named as CEO
‘Dickie’ Scruggs: Plaintiffs’ Pontiff ... or bogeyman
Jim Hood elected as VP of the National Association of Attorneys General’s
After 6 Years of Legal Wrangling after Dickie Scruggs, State Farm & the Rigsby Gals Headed to Trial
After 6 Years of Wrangling, State Farm, Rigsby Sisters Headed to Trial
Scruggs Leaks Can’t Save State Farm From Katrina FCA Suit with the Rigsby gals (sub rqd)
InJustice Producer calls out Clarion Ledger for inaccuracies
Eaton lawyers ask court if they can withdraw from Frisby litigation
Eaton lawyers under fire for conduct in trade-secrets lawsuit
SF Chronicle profiles John Keker, Dickie Scruggs’ attorney
Harrison - Attorney fee issues unresolved
Pleadings From the Eaton v. Frisby Litigation Shed More Light on Eaton Hiring Ed Peters to Influence
WLBT - “Injustice” features Mississippians
2 Miss. judicial bribery cases before 5th Circuit
Film shines spotlight on lawsuit history
BRIAN PERRY - ‘Injustice’ and state’s trial lawyers
Costly new ‘sunshine law’ rains on Atty. Gen. Jim Hood’s lawsuit parade
JJ - Judge Wingate rules former MSSC Judge Oliver Diaz cannot represent Paul Minor and must testify
FORBES - What John Edwards (and Dickie Scruggs) Tell Us About the Legal Profession
PERRY - A bad week for Jim Hood
Dickie Scruggs files notice for new appeal Journal
Eaton CEO - ‘We have not lived up to our standards’
GWC - Ruling on fees win for taxpayers
Eaton fires in-house lawyers involved in Mississippi trade-secrets case
Feds drop charges against former Eaton Corp. engineers
Hood’s position on outside counsel powers takes heavy blows
Scruggs’ bid to beat conviction not over
AP News analysis: Lawmakers, Jim Hood dispute court’s payment ruling
Judge Biggers denies Sid Backstrom motion - says Backstrom has ‘not been forthcoming’ with the court
Slabbed blog picks up on the Louisiana connections to Here Enterprises (HRTE)
Miss. high court reverses rulings by two Hinds judges in MCI and Microsoft cases
YP BREAKING - MSSC rules for Auditor Stacey Pickering on $14M MCI fee case against Joey Langston
Hal Neilson and Here Enterprises (HRTE) - Welcome to the SEC (and not the football conference)
ZNN - Dickie Scruggs’ appeal denied in district court (but he’s still dreamy)
POLITICO - Mississippi winds down as trial lawyer haven with sunshine law
Dickie Scruggs’s legal hail mary denied - Judge Davidson nixes the Scruggs 2255 motion
Slabbed nabs Paul Minor’s final disbarment recommendation from Louisiana
LNL - Miss. governor signs bill limiting AG’s power into law
U.S. Chamber Applauds Signing of Landmark Mississippi Outside Counsel Sunshine Law
YP - Former FBI Agent Hal Neilson tapped as CEO of Here Enterprises, Inc. (OTCBB: HRTE)
NMC - Dickie Scruggs to Judge Davidson: Decide my petition, because I could be getting out soon.
Forbes - Mississippi Reins In Use Of Contigency-Fee Lawyers
YP STATUS REPORT - Fmr. MS Auditor Steve Patterson attempts to file secret motion to go to Europe
Hood - Judges decision not to enforce the Constitution is a travesty
Mississippi Supreme Court won’t reconsider Jim Hood’s political ‘hail mary’
Bill Minor - ‘Hosemann wants to drive train on Voter I.D.’
Mississippi Business Journal produces Judge Weill’s order in Eaton case
Daily Journal - What if litigation legislation spurs litigation?
Miss. Judge orders Eaton Corp. to explain incomplete discovery (Ed Peters e-mails left out)
Jackson Lawyer owes clients $600K
Clarion Ledger - AG should keep power
DJ - Jim Hood and Mike Moore “hired some of the best trial lawyers in Mississippi”
Miss. legislators OK limits on attorney general
Bar dismisses complaint against Hood
State should have no beef with future development
Zach Scruggs oral arguments set
Legal sides weigh in to judge in Dickie Scruggs’ appeal
Senate sends bill limiting Attorney General Jim Hood’s power back to House
DM - Dickie Scruggs is back in Alabama, decision on his appeal coming soon
NMC - Judge seals Delaughter’s statement to Team Scruggs
Required Reading - After Scruggs/Wilson trial, DeLaughter calls Scruggs re: judgeship
NMC - Bobby DeLaughter comes clean(er) with the FBI
New US Attorney in Jackson
NMC puts the Peters/DeLaughter timing in a bit more perspective - #dickiescruggs
NMC finds the FBI interview that Ed Peters lied about DeLaughter in his initial interview - #dickie
Legal News Line - Mississippi Bar to file complaint against Jim Hood
And Now for the Rest of the Session
NMC - Ed Peters statements to Grant Jury in Dickie Scruggs case
MS Bar to take up complaint against Attorney General Jim Hood
What did DeLaughter say to Team Scruggs? And does it matter?
YP - Famous quotes by Mike Moore in the Dickie/Zach Scruggs cases - It seems he’ll say ANYTHING
POINTOFLAW - Dickie Scruggs tries to wiggle out of guilty plea
NMC - The Tim Balducci testimony in the Dickie Scruggs hearing
Commercial Appeal - Scruggs case recesses for two weeks
ZNN quotes Mike Moore - “I think we nailed them today”
Like father, like son - Dickie Scruggs chickens out at the moment of truth
Oxford Attorney Tom Freeland aka NMC talks to MPB about the Dickie Scruggs hearing after day 1
YP BREAKING - Dickie Scruggs hearing over - Dickie DOES NOT take the stand
ZNN - Scruggs Day 2: Hearing starts with look at Wilson v. Scruggs history
Scruggs II trial: Joey Langston direct examination
NMC - Scruggs II trial, Day Two: Steve Funderburg describes the history of the Wilson case
SALTER - Hood’s BP contract will intensify ‘sunshine’ effort
AP - Trent Lott testifies as Scruggs fights fraud conviction
NMC - Ed Peters will not testify in Scruggsapolooza II
OXFORD EAGLE - Opening statements begin in Dickie Scruggs hearing
ZNN - Former US Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott testifies for his brother in law Dickie Scruggs
ZNN - Dickie’s still dreamy
YP CORRECTION - Florida has retained outside counsel to handle BP litigation . . . for 2.5% max
Bobby DeLaughter strikes back and lashes out at Mike Moore on question of testifying
Hattiesburg American - Contract will intensify ‘sunshine’ effort
Faced with a political beating, AG Hood hammers his own foot
ZNN shilling for Dickie . . . er, ‘Zeus’.  Could it be more obvious?
YP - The tables have turned - Dickie Scruggs wants to compel DeLaughter after fighting the same
State of Florida plans to pursue claim against BP WITHOUT engaging outside counsel
Good story - ‘King of Torts’ seeks to void conviction
YP - Dickie Scruggs legal team claims his conduct covered by the 1st amendment - it’s a wild read
NMC - Judge Davidson to Dickie Scruggs: Listen up. You have to prove actual innocence
Mike Moore will likely not be working on BP next Monday - Dickie Scruggs’ guilt expo starts
Overlawyered looks at Jim Hood’s hiring of Mike Moore for BP case
LegalNewsline picks up on Jim Hood’s hiring of Mike Moore to handle BP conflict
Scruggs beefs up legal team ahead of appeal hearing
Fees in Mike Moore’s contract to sue BP on behalf of Jim Hood are not enumerated
AP gets AG Jim Hood to confirm Moore hired to sue BP ... after days of asking
MS Democrats seek corporate donation from 1%
Judge - Dickie Scruggs’ motion for home detention “not well taken”
YP - Dickie Scruggs requests special treatment and home detention during his hearing
Scruggs requests home detention ahead of hearing
NMC - Scruggs asks court to give DeLaughter immunity ahead of hearing
Op-Ed - Pardon hysteria just ‘pure folly’ (points out link between Jim Hood and Criminal Scruggs)
ATRA expresses support for Miss. AG reform bill
Sun Herald opposes Sunshine Law and supports Jim Hood despite his ‘cronyism’
YP - Former AGs Mike Moore and Ed Pittman sign amicus upon which Scruggs lawyers argue
Tom Freeland, AKA NMC, wins appeal over Attorney General Jim Hood
MBJ Editor recalls recent robocall by Jim Hood messaging his ire at the Legislature
Hood expects big take for Miss. from spill
LNL - Miss. lawmaker says ‘Sunshine’ bill will stop AG’s favoritism
More links between HonorYourPromise and Zata3
Jim Hood blasts ‘Sunshine Law’
Rep. Mark Baker - It’s time to “let the sunshine in”
WLBT - Feds to announce arrests for public corruption in Jackson Police Department
Mississippi governor, attorney general work on lawyer bill
ZNN - Case against former USA Jim Greenlee dismissed
The Fall of King Hood
House OKs hiring of outside lawyers
YP BREAKING - HB211 aka the “Sunshine” Act has passed the MS House unamended
Hiding in the shadows
Miss. bill aimed at limiting Hood’s authority refiled
Miss. House Republicans advance new Sunshine bill
Mitchell - Trimming Attorney General’s sails has consequences for the public
MS AG Jim Hood fears limits on his power
Sunshine Bill temporarily derailed by House Democrats backing Hood - will be re-introduced next week
Clarion Ledger sides with former Governor Barbour over Jim Hood on constitutionality of the pardons
Kingfish has the full videos of the MSSC arguments over the Barbour Pardons
Clarion Ledger opines that Sunshine law a waste of time
AP - Gunn plans to re-file bill limiting AG Jim Hood’s power
House gives Mississippi Attorney General cold shoulder
John Arthur Eaves Jr. to sue cruise ship owner over wreck in Italy
Clarion Ledger editorial attempts to set up Jim Hood to be a martyr over outside counsel bill
AG Jim Hood warns of possibility of “corruption” if HB 122 (the Sunshine Act) passes
NMC - The rest of the papers on the Barbour pardons
NMC has the latest on documents in the pardon case
House panel snubs Hood’s effort to testify on bill
Petition to oust Greg Davis as Mayor of Southaven begins to circulate online
SALTER - Outside counsel fight remains a political cold war
AG Jim Hood press release on Haley Barbour and the pardon issue
Oliver Diaz and Rep. Ed Blackmon support former Governor Haley Barbour’s pardons
YP - Former Governor Haley Barbour files amicus brief in pardon dispute
CL op-ed fawns over Jim Hood saying ‘Attorney general hiring a bargain’
CL - AG Jim Hood’s office helped advise on pardons - may be conflicted in legal fight
A Sid Salter column you won’t see linked on Cottonmouth
MAJORITY - Sunshine Legislation A Long Time Coming
UPDATE - Hood seeks resolution of federal claim on settlement funds
SALTER - Democrats ignore history of GOP trying to change outside counsel rule
Dickie Scruggs gets approval from Judge Davidson for special transport to his 3/26 hearing
Unsealed documents from Joey Langston’s case
Judge unseals documents from Joey Langston’s case for Dickie Scruggs’ petition
MS Democratic Trust tries to defend AG Jim Hood with YouTube vid
Dickie Scruggs makes transportation request; doesn’t want to be gone long because of his students
House Dems issue presser - they’re upset because they no longer set the agenda
JJ - Bill to limit outside attorneys fees filed
Louisiana AG fights plaintiff attorneys over BP funds
Conoco Phillips appeals Miss. juries $15M award
Olson - ‘Loser-pays Has Yet to Be Properly Tried in America’
NMC - How Judge Davidson gave Dickie Scruggs fair warning he wasn’t going to win
Sam Haskell - Writer hired to make Wilkie’s book on Scruggs a movie
Attorney Don Barrett gets more money than his clients in Katrina case
NMC - Judge Davidson: Scruggs brief writer’s word “substitution… is not innocuous.”
March date set for Scruggs evidence hearing
Judge says no to Scruggs’ discovery request
YP - Judge denies Scruggs’ motion for judgement
Hood vows to sue to keep $17M, jabs Barbour
Barbour - State to give $17M of $20M settlement to feds
AP Analysis: Where does the money go?
Zach Scruggs and Mike Moore continue to affirm Kings of Tort in their pleadings - now to the 5th
AP Analysis — Legal-fee case in high court
Zach Scruggs appeals to 5th Circuit
CL’s Jerry Mitchell goes after the MS Tea Party
Clarion Ledger - Tort Reform needs balance
SCRUGGS UPDATE: Judge denies motion to clarify DeLaughter case record
Barbour cries foul over legal fees
Philip Gunn baffled at AG Hood’s re-election
ZNN editorial attempts to dictate what Rs should do with new majority
AG Hood wins request to have BP spill suit remanded to state court
ZNN - Dickie Scruggs asks court’s OK to question key witnesses
SIMPSON - AG Jim Hood lies in radio ads
Clarion Ledger Endorses Connie Moran (D) and Jim Hood (D)
Jim Hood’s latest attack ad
Steve Simpson newest ad against Jim Hood
The Steve Simpson story - a 4:53 video
LNL - Miss. House Speaker candidate Philip Gunn says AG Jim Hood mishandling settlement funds
Court: Leslie Lampton immune from Oliver Diaz lawsuit
Brian Perry - Hood’s no-bid contracts criticized
Barbour: Miss. not really getting $20 million from settlements
Jim Hood releases ad on Steve Simpson
Steve Simpson new ad against Jim Hood’s defense of Obamacare
Head of emergency training firm Robert Graham contracted with accuses Graham of fraud
Hood continues to create smokescreen, avoids the issues
Forbes - Report Details The Ties That Bind AGs, Trial Lawyers
Balko - Jim Hood investigation went as far as a West Law search
State-sponsored lawsuits are trial bar’s new cash cow
After Disney World trip, Hood slams Simpson on meal
Hood ranks 1st among AGs getting money from trial lawyers
Barbour - Musgrove’s law firm got nearly 6 times more from state settlement than the state
Report - jim Hood one of 8 AGs identified as the closest to the plaintiffs bar
LNL - Jim Hood Microsoft settlement brought millions to attorneys, worthless to state residents
NMC - Scruggs ask Judge for judgement on pleadings
Hattiesburg American - Simpson takes on Hood for AG post
Sun Herald - Simpson vows to investigate judicial corruption if elected
New Steve Simpson TV ad hits AG Jim Hood on his support of Obamacare
High court considering wind-water debate
Beef plant info requested for state civil trial
ENTERGY calls out Jim Hood on TV ad
Jim Hood spent about the same on Weight Watchers as entire Obamacare suit
Ed Peters not pursued despite admitting influence in 2nd case
Ed Peters/Bobby Delaughter records in Eaton case may be released soon
Brian Perry - Hood too busy to debate
Hood’s claim of tax money spent on Obamacare suit just plain wrong
Jerry Mitchell - Ex-DA Peters’ testimony revealed
Majority calls bs on Jim Hood’s avoidance of Obamacare fight
MAGRPT - Hood/Simpson Debate
SIMSPON - Jim Hood Continues to Defend his Support of Obamacare and Dodge Questions about Voter ID
NMC - Ed Peters testimony about to be unsealed in Scruggs hearing
AG Jim Hood waffles and won’t commit support to Voter ID at the ballot box
Ole Miss’s Autumn of Discontent
Feds get plea from local official for bribery
Jane Genova’s article runs in HUFFPO - quotes about Kings of Tort
Boyce Adams calls on Presley to return Scruggs, Balducci and Patterson’s contributions
Scruggs files motion to open sealed transcripts
Jerry Mitchell looks into AG race
Hood has audacity to attack Simpson on pay-to-play
Brumfield - To seal or unseal? That is the latest Scruggs question
Are Jim Hood and Dickie Scruggs et. al. still friends?
Boyce Adams, candidate for Northern PSC, responds to Brandon Presley opposition to Kemper Plant
Miss. SC overturns $7M verdict in lead paint case
Former Judge Wes Teel out of prison
Above the Law - ‘Kings of Tort’ authors discuss book at conference
LNL - Feinberg wants Jim Hood case stayed
Firm where Musgrove works to get 20% of $38M judgement
Profs - Class-action suits a drag on the economy
Steve Simpson vs. Jim Hood over discredited court “experts”
Sound off - Does Scruggs get a percentage of State’s latest tobacco settlement?
Balko - Jim Hood releases privileged info. when it makes him look good
Simpson takes aim at Hood over attorney fees in tobacco case
Jim Hood seeks punitive damages over company mistake
Hood investigating 20 convicted cases
BP fund has paid out $5 billion to Gulf spill victims
Mississippians Paying Less for Electricity Than Most of the Nation
Steve Simpson (R) challenges Jim Hood (D) to a series of AG debates
PC360 - The politics of Jim Hood vs. Kenneth Feinberg and the effect of MS’s lawsuit on settlements
NMC - Zach Scruggs readying his appeal
Civil Rights, Paul Minor prosecutor Dunn Lampton dies
Gulf Live - Hood’s oil spill lawsuit should stay right here
YP - Former HD 10 Democrat candidate and Ole Miss prof Jordan Bankhead threatens to sue MS blogger
Simpson’s Statement On Obamacare Ruling
Thanks y’all
GOP AG candidate Simpson makes campaign stop in Laurel
Legal News Line - Group says W.Va. lawmakers should follow Miss. suit over legal fees
Crisp Blog - Expect more from AG’s race with primary over
Miss. auditor wants funds collected from AG lawsuits to be public
Clarion Ledger - Zach Scruggs may appeal ruling
YP MEMORY - Zach Scruggs setting himself up to be a legal martyr
AP - Scruggs conviction won’t be dismissed
NMC on ruling denying Zach Scruggs’ motion to vacate
Steve Simpson attacks Jim Hood on defending cozy trial lawyer fee relationships
Judge Biggers denies 2255 from Zach Scruggs and fully vindicates Tony Farese
Follow us on Twitter for updates during today’s Neshoba speeches
Simpson goes on attack against Hood at Neshoba
Simpson attacks AG Jim Hood for lucrative contracts to criminal friends
Judge Davidson orders Government to respond to Dickie Scruggs 2255 motion
What do Dickie Scruggs and Lance Armstrong have in common? Their legal team
Kingish lays bare the lies behind the Bill Minor attack piece
New documentary about Scruggs scandal airs tonight!
Ex-Judge reprimanded after improper subpoenas over Oliver Diaz leak
Lawyer fees case gets Round 2
NMC - Judge Neal Biggers hands Zach Scruggs a procedural loss on his motions
The reviews of ‘Hot Coffee’ are rolling in . . . and they’re not good
LNL - ATRA lawyer says ‘Hot Coffee’ slashed key part of argument
Documentary ‘Hot Coffee’ about Oliver Diaz case airing tonight (6/27)
NMC - The Never Ending Story of US v. Zach Scruggs
AP story on Scruggs filing
Transcript of Dickie Scruggs 2nd guilty plea hearing
Reprint of Dickie Scruggs 1st guilty plea
ZNN - Dickie Scruggs says DeLaughter case about political speech, not bribe
BREAKING - Not to be outdone by his son, Dickie Scruggs files motion to vacate based on Skilling
JJ - The Convict that will not go away or… an analysis of Zach’s legal jihad
9/11 victim fund administrator admonished Hood for misrepresenting settlement
NMC - Why are Zach Scruggs’s lawyers entering appearances in Scruggs II?
Diaz - Minor could be out in a year

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Thursday at 9:57 am
Pension fund cut opposed
Hammer3: What a con-incidence!  The Clarion Liar, and the President of Miss. Alliance of State Employees; CWA/Local 3570 , Brenda Scott were touting the woes of Mississippi’s State workers pension program in today’s newspaper.
Thursday at 8:16 am
Pension fund cut opposed
porkchop: The defined benefit aspect is the problem here.  Ernest T, you might have done better had you invested your own money.  But, you would have given up that guaranteed benefit.  Private employers change all the time - but, anyone that…
Thursday at 8:02 am
Redistricting . . . we can work it out, can't we?
porkchop: The real killer for running twice is for democrats in contentious races.  Not only is the MS Democratic party in disarray in terms of its abilty to finance races, but that gives Republicans two bites at the apple to beat…
Wednesday at 11:56 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
PubMan: Ernest T, no one wants to take anything away from you, you should be grandfathered however the taxpayers have had enough of a system that is unfair to the folks.  We want accountability and a fair system, not the one…
Wednesday at 11:38 pm
Lee Yancey Endorsed by the Mississippi Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement
m2jtown: MFIRE is a Miss. grassroots organization who supports orderly and legal immigration, and is which is working to educate voters and elected officials about the dangers associated with massive and uncontrolled illegal immigration. To learn more or join us please…
Wednesday at 11:04 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: Those of us that are now drawing retirement did not have an option to be in the system.  If we worked for the state we paid the rate demanded of us.  For that we were promised in writing a set…
Wednesday at 9:57 pm
Clarion Ledger - Deja vu? Dems pulled same thing last year.
Hammer3: My favorite one liner for Johnny Stringer is that he is the hick from the sticks.  Montrose Mississippi’s pride and joy!
Wednesday at 9:04 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Elwood P Dowd: The stock crash pretty much screwed up everyone else’s retirement.  Why is it not fair that state workers accept their share of the pain? Whatever promises retirees have, raising the contribution levels for present employees doesn’t break it.  When you…
Wednesday at 8:33 pm
Clarion Ledger - U.S. budget: Bipartisan only way
Elwood P Dowd: If the Congress agrees on spending, we might get a 1% or 2% spending cut.  If they can’t, we get 100%.  So tell me again what’s the benefit of compromise?
Wednesday at 8:26 pm
CL opinion on Redistricting: Two elections a waste
Elwood P Dowd: Usually, “stop the pointless political infighting” just means “let my side win.”
Wednesday at 7:58 pm
CL opinion on Redistricting: Two elections a waste
Contract with America: “And it is about the 174 members of the Legislature looking out for their own political futures based on what their districts might look like.”  On one side you have a group wanting to hold on to power that they…
Wednesday at 6:04 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Howard Roark: I’m sure there are private companies that change the rules after the fact, but most I’m familiar with, usually do some type of transition, grandfathering, etc.  Point taken that it does happen, though. I’m not aware of the VA, but…
Wednesday at 5:11 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Hammer3: Howard, Let me be perfectly clear on several of the issues you brought up. A.  “But if gov’t. is going to break its contract with current retirees (and like it or not, it’s changing the rules after the fact, not…
Wednesday at 4:55 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: Howard is also correct.  If the state had allowed me to invest my retirement money I would be living much better now that I’m retired.
Wednesday at 4:52 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: Pubman I haven’t looked into it but I doubt you can use 21 years of militray service towards your state retirement.  Some but I doubt that much.  And if you did retire after 4 years you might get 10% of…
Wednesday at 4:37 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Howard Roark: Guys, I don’t understand why there’s such a fuss.  All we are discussing are defined-benefits vs defined-contributions. Until the last couple decades or so, defined-benefits was the norm.  In the private sector as well.  The private sector has (wisely, in…
Wednesday at 2:58 pm
Barbour - House Leadership trying to spend too much
windeaces: Typical government; instead of working for the best interest of the public they are working for the interest of a government party in trying to belittle one party in favor of another. Time for most of these self centered morons…
Wednesday at 2:57 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Hammer3: Earnest T; just answer a couple of simple questions. do you or have you received a cost of living increase with your pension? do you or have you received a 13th. check while drawing your state pension? is it the…
Wednesday at 2:52 pm
CL opinion on Redistricting: Two elections a waste
windeaces: The best answer would be to send all these self serving morons home and let the public themselves present bills and let the pulblic at large decide whether it is something they want to pass or not. In today’s technology…
Wednesday at 2:41 pm
EDITORIAL: Howorth for TVA
jdaviscovington: Right.  Your last sentence from your first post had me confused.



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