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Miss. SC says no contract exists in land purchase
King JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – The Mississippi Supreme Court has found that the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality did not create a contract with Pacific Chlorine Inc. by accepting...
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Miss. SC set to hear Texaco appeal
JACKSON, Mississippi — The Mississippi Supreme Court on Monday was scheduled to hear oral arguments in Texaco’s appeal of a $19 million verdict that said the oil company was to blame for five children...
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Miss. SC reverses, rules for railroad in wrongful death case
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) — The Supreme Court of Mississippi has reversed a $4.8 million verdict in a wrongful death case against Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. Carlson The court on Nov. 29...
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Miss. SC agrees to hear case over company’s tax assessments
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has agreed to review an appeals court’s ruling that the state Department of Revenue bears the burden of proving that the use of an...
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Hood: Commissioner can create, run health insurance exchange
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says the state’s insurance commissioner has the authority to create and run a health insurance exchange without the approval of...
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U.S. SC to decide on appeal of Scruggs’ son
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Supreme Court soon will decide whether to hear an appeal from the son of Dickie Scruggs. Zach Scruggs The Court will have a conference Feb. 15 to decide to...
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Miss. bill would require more asbestos claim transparency
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – A bill recently introduced in the Mississippi House of Representatives would require asbestos claimants to disclose dealings with asbestos trusts. Turner House Bill...
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New S&P suits welcomed by Miss. AG Hood
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who is being represented by campaign contributors in his, says he “welcomes” the federal and multi-state lawsuits filed...
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Toyota agrees to $29 million multi-state settlement
WASHINGTON, DC (Legal Newsline) – Toyota Motor Corporation and its related North American entities agreed to a $29 million multi-state settlement Thursday to resolve allegations that the company...
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Credit card companies say Miss. AG’s lawsuit against them belongs in federal...
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) — A group of credit card issuers being sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood say the lawsuits against them should not be heard in state court, according to a...
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Fifth Circuit upholds Miss. limit on noneconomic damages in personal injury...
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Mississippi’s $1 million limit on noneconomic damages in personal injury cases is constitutional. In Learmonth v. Sears,...
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Scruggs asks 5th Circuit to toss guilty plea
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — Lawyers for disgraced attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs on Monday asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to toss out his 2009 guilty plea to charges of bribing a judge....
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Scruggs’ conviction upheld by federal appeals panel
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the corruption conviction of disgraced attorney Dickie Scruggs. Scruggs A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of...
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Hood files suit against BP over 2010 spill
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed suit in state and federal courts Friday seeking to recover damages from BP that resulted from the April 2010 Deepwater...
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U.S. SC asked to resolve split over federal jurisdiction in lawsuits filed by...
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Supreme Court could decide whether federal courts have jurisdiction over lawsuits filed in state courts by state attorneys general on behalf of consumers. Hood...
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Fifth Circuit dismisses lawsuit over energy companies’ emissions
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — A federal appeals court this week dismissed repeat claims by a group of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents, who alleged that emissions by energy companies contributed to...
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Multiple AGs team up to urge Urban Outfitters to end prescription line
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and 22 other attorneys general called on Urban Outfitters on Wednesday to stop its prescription line of items intended to look...
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U.S. SC to answer question of federal jurisdiction in lawsuit filed by Miss. AG
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether federal courts have jurisdiction over lawsuits filed in state courts by state attorneys general on behalf of consumers. The...
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Deepwater Horizon settlement sees struggles
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — Motley Rice founding member Joseph Rice is no stranger to complex litigation settlements. Rice He once served as lead private counsel for 26 jurisdictions, including...
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Miss. appeals court remands lawsuit over alleged alligator infestation
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) — The Mississippi Court of Appeals, in a ruling this week, said it is leaving a case over an alleged alligator infestation up to a lower court. In December 2003,...
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