Updated: Famed Mississippi plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, ashamed and shaking, was sentenced to five years in prison today for his role in a conspiracy to bribe a state judge.
Although recommending no civil or criminal penalties, a federal judge didn’t hold back when he criticized Mississippi’s attorney general, Jim Hood, in a written opinion issued yesterday. In no uncertain…
A malfunctioning sprinkler system last week drenched all four floors of Mississippi’s new $38 million building housing the state supreme court and court of appeals.
In the latest twist to the ongoing judicial bribery scandal that felled plaintiffs lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, one of Scruggs’ former partners, Bob Wilson, is…
The fallout from revelations that the one-time King of Torts was involved in a judicial bribery scandal continues this week with news that a Jackson, Miss.,…
A federal judge has ruled that a group of Mississippi attorneys who were once affiliated with disgraced plaintiffs lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs is barred from representing any policyholders in lawsuits…
Former top plaintiffs lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs is fighting for his right to keep his law license and indicated to state disciplinary authorities that he would accept an indefinite suspension.
Mississippi’s Commission on Judicial Performance has recommended an interim suspension for a trial judge under investigation in connection with plaintiffs lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs.
Zach Scruggs, the son and law partner of famed Mississippi plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in a judicial bribery case that also brought…
A judge accused of making racially charged statements about “white folks” and then lying about it in an affidavit should be removed from the bench, according to the Mississippi Commission…
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