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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
NMC - Block that Metaphor! (Again!) (and a sur-reply from Zach Scruggs)
From the home office in Oxford, Zach Scruggs’ top 10 reasons he didn’t do it
AP Analysis: Minor, Scruggs cases force Miss. judges to rethink relationships with attorneys
Government responds to Zach Scruggs motion to undo guilty plea
Exception to the rule for Scruggs? Ex-Lawyer moves to prison on Air Force base
OVERLAWYERED - David Rossmiller on the Dickie Scruggs scandal and Kings of Tort
‘In the tank’ for Paul Minor - the Clarion Ledger seals the deal
SALTER - Court decision on tort reform will impact elections
Oliver Diaz’s story featured in HBO documentary
Connecting the dots on the recent Zach Scruggs hearing
Paul Minor, John Whitfield and Wes Teel resentenced - now, will they appeal it?
Clarion Ledger Opinion - Attorney fees: Politics playing in courts
NMC - Zach Scruggs: The Supreme Court was “illegal, incoherent, and unconstitutional”
MS Lit. - Motion puts cheap heat on Judge by invoking Scruggs’ name
Another one bites the dust - Rep. Harvey Moss (D) will not run again
MCI Attorney’s fees fight argued before justices
Harrison - Supreme Court considers state lawyer contingency fees
ZNN - Patsy Brumfield predicts Zachapalooza will go to SCOTUS
SH - Judge won’t dismiss convictions of Minor, Teel, Whitfield
Paul Minor motion to toss convictions . . . denied . . . again
NAMIC Says It Is Neutral On Wicker’s Wind-Vs.-Water Bill
Miss. Supreme Court to hear arguments in MCI lawyers’ fee case
Madison County Journal - Tort reform over a ‘judicial hellhole’
David Rossmiller liveblogs review of Fall of the House of Zeus
NMC - Government Motion to Dismiss in the Zach Scruggs case
NMC - Government’s motion reveals Dino Grisanti’s cooperation in FBI agent Hal Neilson case
ZNN - Oxford car dealer who also participated in federal building project gets 1 day in jail
NMC - David Sanders and the 404(b) proof
ZNN - Scruggs hearing: Hearing closes without Dr. Sha Na Na or Zach Scruggs testifying
ZNN - Felons testify that Zach Scruggs didn’t know about money
Patsy Brumfield’s print story on Scruggs hearing
Day 1 of Zachapalooza - the 2255 hearing for Zach Scruggs
NMC - Today at the Zach Scruggs petition hearing
YP - Zach Scruggs hearing notes
ZNN’s coverage of Zach Scruggs trial - Tim Balducci is 1st witness
Lead singer of Sha Na Na to testify for Zach Scruggs - you can’t make that up
DJ - No Dickie Scruggs at hearing
INSURANCE COVERAGE BLOG (he’s back, maybe) - Scruggsipus Rex: Review of ‘Kings of Tort’
State loses a judge with heart who presided over Katrina cases
NMC - Dickie Scruggs’s visit to Oxford and the hearing cancelled
Union Carbide seeks recusal of judge whose father was represented by Dickie Scruggs in asbestos case
NMC - Final notes on the Zach Scruggs Summary Judgment Opinion
Judge Biggers narrows the focus on Zach Scruggs’s effort to set aside his plea
NMC - Judge Biggers rules Zach Scruggs couldn’t be guilty of federal program bribery
The “portrait of Judge Neal Biggers” gives Zach Scruggs a procedural break
Did Zach Scruggs hear Balducci?
ZNN on Zach Scruggs hearing - can’t spell “Zach”
NMC - Joey Langston and possibly Tom Dawson to testify this afternoon at Zach Scruggs hearing
NMC - Zach Scruggs hearing on disqualification is this morning
Zach Scruggs has replied to the Government on his motion to disqualify
Government responds to Zach Scruggs’s motion for summary judgment
NMC - Zach Scruggs petitions to have his father brought down to testify
Jim Hood - Oil spill may have caused illness
YP - US Attorney Responds to Zach Scruggs and retells the tale of his involvement
NMC - Government responds to Scruggs motion to disqualify
NMC- Judge Biggers sets a hearing on the motion to disqualify for 5/9
YP - Paul Minor has filed with MSSC to appeal his disbarment
NMC - McAllister (of Nutt McAllister) sues Scruggs over the Rigsby sisters
AG Jim Hood files scathing brief in BP MDL
ZNN - Zach Scruggs asks the portrait of Judge Neal Biggers for summary judgement
Bobby DeLaughter free after serving sentence
5th Circuit: Ex-prosecutor Lampton doesn’t have immunity
Grisham helps dedicate new Ole Miss Law School
GOP sends out press release about Bobby DeLaughter’s release from prison and his Scruggs connections
ZNN - Zach Scruggs wants Norman off prosecution team
KINGFISH - Zach Scruggs tries to toss prosecutor
Bobby DeLaughter released from prison
ZNN’s latest press release on Zach Scruggs’s effort to undo felony guilty plea
Dickie Scruggs settles malicious prosecution action brought by Charlie Merkel for $3M
Joey Langston to be home before Easter
NMC - Mike Moore to represent Zach Scruggs again
Will Judge Carlton Reeves now have to recuse himself from redistricting?
NMC - Judge Biggers reschedules Zach Scruggs hearing for May 23rd
Zach Scruggs’s lawyer moves to push back that hearing date
NMC - The Government responds to Zach Scruggs’s motion to continue: Let’s get this done
NMC - Zach Scruggs’s bar complaint dismissed
MS Bar serves a major blow and dismisses Zach Scruggs complaint against Tony Farese
Judge to allow testimony of witnesses in Zach Scruggs hearing
The portrait of Judge Neal Biggers denies Zach Scruggs discovery request
Alan Lange, Tom Dawson, Curtis Wilkie and Sid Salter to appear at Millsaps on 3/15
NMC - Zach Scruggs responds on the depositions
Feds challenge Zach Scruggs’ request
Resentencing delayed for Minor, 2 former judges
Hinds judge wins immunity
Scruggs lawyer John Keker makes headlines in Chevron suit
ZNN - Zach Scruggs asks to question key scandal players before hearing
Zach Scruggs proposes to depose everyone under sun after shying away from 1st trial
NMC - The Government clears up its position about Zach Scruggs’s discovery request
Former U.S. Attorney Greenlee Discusses Big Cases
YP - Will Zach Scruggs legal team employ . . . the Chewbacca defense?
John Keker offers a look inside the joint defense of Scruggs
NMC - Zach Scruggs gets serious about asking for discovery in a rehearing petition
Felicia Adams nominated for N.D. U.S. Attorney
Rereprint of Zach Scruggs 2008 hearing to plead guilty to a felony
NMC summarizes pleadings in Frisby vs. Eaton
Patsy Brumfield muses on what may happen in Zach’s April 25th hearing
Paul Minor, John Whitfield and Wes Teel disbarred by MSSC
Judge Neal Biggers’ portrait denies Zach Scruggs discovery motion
Shareholders sue Eaton over Peters-Delaughter relationship
NMC - Zach Scruggs professes innocence in latest pleading
YP BREAKING - Judge Neal Biggers to hear Zach Scruggs appeal for innocence in April 2011
Paul Minor, 2 ex-judges set for re-sentencing March 10
PENDER - To the incumbents go the spoils
Sam Haskell is “interested” to run for guv or senator in MS - has to establish residency first
Anatomy of a press hit
Columnist Patsy Brumfield comes out swinging against Steve Simpson
MID Commssioner Mike Chaney Selected to Key National Insurance Leadership Post
Interview with Diaz at Sundance Film Festival
Judge Senter denies State Farm Motion to Dismiss Rigsby qui tam
Bill introduced to clarify trade secret act
Resentencing of Minor, judges delayed
Zach Scruggs and Sam Haskell team up on independent film
Sun Herald article on Paul Minor preparing to ask court to invalidate jury verdict of guilty
Paul Minor’s latest memorandum in support to vacate his sentence
Eaton Corp. Wants to Play “Let’s Make a Deal” Game Show on Trial Judge Assignment
USA’s office responds to Paul Minor’s latest motion in front of Judge Wingate
Insurers tip-toe into coastal markets in Alabama, Mississippi
Oliver Diaz featured in Sundance Film Festival documentary
Miss. Lit. - Eaton Corporation Ready for Plan B?
YP - Charles Evers may have changed his tune slightly on Bobby DeLaughter
Former Attorney General Mike Moore on new prepaid legal ad
WLBT confirms - DeLaughter in half way house
CL article on Eaton v. Frisby dismissal
Kings of Tort book on Dickie Scruggs ranks as #12 best seller in 2010 at Square Books in Oxford
Judge Swan Yerger dismisses Eaton v. Frisby based on improper contact between Peters and DeLaughter
DeLaughter still in custody, but ‘in transit’
MS Lit - Eaton case against Frisby tossed over Ed Peters hire
Pettus - “If 2010 were a lawyer, it could be sued for malpractice.”
Awaking from a Christmas slumber
Paul Minor’s ‘spirit of Christmas’ furlough denied by Judge Henry Wingate
Alexander latest in U.S. N.D. attorney chair
Jerry Burke sentence: 34 months for illegal tobacco scheme
Paul Minor’s expert legal team invokes ‘Spirit of Christmas’ to request a special Christmas furlough
Paul Minor’s attorneys ask judge to furlough him from for Christmas during a civil trial hearing
Paul Minor’s camp and USF&G continue to trade blows over Oliver Diaz serving as Minor’s lawyer
Former State Auditor Steve Patterson and Tim Balducci released from federal prison
Jackson Jambalaya’s coverage of the Evans brothers indictments
Is Zach Scruggs interested in practicing law again?  Curtis Wilkie thinks so.
Judge: Entergy overcharged customers in Mississippi, 3 other states
Govt. drops charges against FBI Agent Neilson
Ala. Attorney - Suing first gives us an edge
YP - New filings in case fighting over whether Oliver Diaz can remain counsel for Paul Minor in case
Asbestos attorneys appealing fraud ruling
Judge Jim Herring compares ‘The Fall of the House of Zeus’ and ‘Kings of Tort’ for MCJ
Tort reform association reports on Hood, other AG’s who take money from Plaintiff lawyers
LNL - Asbestos defendant seeks $1M in legal fees in fraud case
WLOX - Insurance solution still needed 5 years after Katrina
CL - Insurance company, Paul Minor seek to recusals in dispute
Opinion - State tobacco trust fund violated
Rolling after Thanksgiving
David Rossmiller reviews Kings of Tort and recaps Scruggs saga as only he can
BREAKING - Hal Neilson not guilty on 2 counts, jury deadlocked in 3 others
Some firewords as Judge Larry Buffington speaks on Judicial Performance and being called an SOB
U.S. attorney report could boost Neilson defense
Prosecutors - Report shows Neilson untruthful
Judge Aycock rules FBI report about blackmarket cig investigation can be used in Hal Neilson trial
Coverage of FBI agent Hal Neilson’s trial
Patsy Brumfield shills for “inconclusiveness” of Zach Scruggs’s failed polygraph
NMC - Notes on the Government’s Response To Zach Scruggs’s motion
nems360 source - Zach Scruggs camp says US Attorney’s “misrepresented” the results of the polygraphs
Zach Scruggs signed waiver releasing his attorney to represent another client
YP - Major blows to the defense of accused FBI agent Hal Neilson for trial starting soon
YP - Government asserts that Sid Backstrom and Zach Scruggs failed polygraph on “Did Zach know”
YP BREAKING - Bennie Thompson and Derrick Johnson did GOTV robocalls for Travis Childers in MS-1
REDBLUE - Bill Clinton robo-calls for MS-1 Incumbent Democrat Travis Childers
Abbe Lowell withdraws as counsel for Paul Minor - Ted Olson still in
ROM - MS Dem Chair Jamie Franks calls Steven Palazzo MS-4 supporters ‘idiots’
LNL - MS attorney Danny Mulholland worries asbestos ‘games’ will continue
2nd Dickie Scruggs book to be released today
Bill Minor ends his silence on Dickie Scruggs and reviews book - does not mention his son’s role
Comparison of two Dickie Scruggs books: Kings of Tort and House of Zeus
YALLPOLITICS - A little housekeeping and suggestions for site improvement
YP BREAKING - Paul Minor resentencing set for Nov. 17 - Chuck McRae is his new lawyer
Kings of Tort to be presented to the Baton Rouge Bar Assn on 11/4
Motions filed in FBI agent case involving Hal Neilsen
More talk about 2012 speakers race and Billy McCoy’s role or nonrole in it
OVERLAWYERED - High court lets stand Paul Minor conviction
WLBT Gaffe - US Supreme Court rejects Bill Minor’s appeal?
Law and More - Paul Minor writ being denied has side effects on Zach Scruggs
NMC looks at the latest info on Dickie Scruggs books
YP BREAKING - Paul Minor appeal - DENIED!
Patsy Brumfield reviews: ‘The Fall of the House of Zeus’
Nunnelee - Taking America back one door and phone call at a time
Wilkie - Dickie Scruggs wanted to be ambassador to Ecuador
LEMURIA - Curtis Wilkie book to document Dickie Scruggs’s prescription drug dependence
NMC - Judge Biggers orders the Government to respond to Zach Scruggs’s motion
YP Friend Walter Olson does webinar on Legal PR, Trial Lawyers’ Style on 9/17
Clarion Ledger editorial dings AG Jim Hood over misrepresenting secret settlement with State Farm
Steve Holland talks of Billy McCoy stepping down as MS House Speaker in Bill Minor piece
LNL - Jim Hood, State Farm settlement includes venue stipulation
TBA - Thus Blogged Anderson: Lies, damned lies, and lawyerly lies
NMC - Judge Bramlette reveals the sealed deal! Thanks to YallP
New polling for Democrat Travis Childers in MS-01
JJ - MS Dem Party Chair Jamie Franks files to have case against him involving ex-wife dismissed
LAWANDMORE - Bramlette Breaks Seal on State Farm/Hood Settlement Documents
WLBT Story on State Farm v. Attorney General Jim Hood Settlement Agreement
Judge David Bramlette order unsealing records in State Farm vs. Jim Hood
Previously sealed Settlement Agreement in State Farm vs. Jim Hood
LNL - Miss. media gets access to Hood/State Farm settlement
BREAKING - Sunshine To Come Mississippi AG’s Secret Settlement with Insurance Giant
UPDATE: Wilson v. Scruggs etc. lawsuit closed
NRCC scrutinizes contributions to Travis Childers (MS-01) from another Dem with ethics issues
NYT article on honest services - Zach Scruggs mentioned
BREAKING - WSJ: AG Jim Hood ‘is the Rod Blagojevich of the Gulf Coast’
WHITECOLLARCRIMEPROF - Recommended Reading: Kings of Tort