Mississippi Business Journal » law firm http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Brown would make history if confirmed as judge http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/17/brown-would-make-history-if-confirmed-as-judge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brown-would-make-history-if-confirmed-as-judge http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/17/brown-would-make-history-if-confirmed-as-judge/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 11:08:02 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74925 JACKSON — President Barack Obama has nominated attorney Debra M. Brown to be a U.S. District judge for northern Mississippi. If confirmed, Brown would be the first African-American woman to serve as a federal district judge in the state, said a spokesman for U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). “I congratulate Debra Brown on her historic [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/17/brown-would-make-history-if-confirmed-as-judge/feed/ 0 Disbarred lawyer asks to return to prison pending appeal http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/16/scruggs-asks-to-return-to-prison-pending-appeal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scruggs-asks-to-return-to-prison-pending-appeal http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/16/scruggs-asks-to-return-to-prison-pending-appeal/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:57:45 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73392 OXFORD — Disbarred Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs wants to return to federal prison pending an appeal of a judicial corruption conviction. Scruggs has been free on $2 million bond since December while appealing the 2009 conviction, but a three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently rejected his arguments. In a [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/16/scruggs-asks-to-return-to-prison-pending-appeal/feed/ 2 Class-action complaint filed over proposed bank merger http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/10/class-action-complaint-filed-over-proposed-bank-merger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=class-action-complaint-filed-over-proposed-bank-merger http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/10/class-action-complaint-filed-over-proposed-bank-merger/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:28:01 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=73014 KOSCIUSKO and TUPELO — Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, LLP of San Diego has started a class action, through an amended complaint filed on April 8 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on behalf of all holders of First M&F Corporation (FMFC) common stock as of Feb. 7, 2013, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/10/class-action-complaint-filed-over-proposed-bank-merger/feed/ 0 Debt collector, law firm settles FTC charges http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/27/debt-collector-law-firm-settles-ftc-charges/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=debt-collector-law-firm-settles-ftc-charges http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/27/debt-collector-law-firm-settles-ftc-charges/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:28:48 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72098 OXFORD — A debt buyer and debt collection law firm based in Mississippi have agreed to pay nearly $800,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges they misled consumers into paying unnecessary fees and falsely threatened them with lawsuits. The FTC said debt buyer Security Credit Services, LLC and Jacob Law Group, PLLC charged consumers nationwide [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/27/debt-collector-law-firm-settles-ftc-charges/feed/ 0 Law firm expands footprint in Florida with merger http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/05/law-firm-expands-footprint-in-florida-with-merger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=law-firm-expands-footprint-in-florida-with-merger http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/05/law-firm-expands-footprint-in-florida-with-merger/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:29:15 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=70874 JACKSON — The law firms of Adams and Reese LLP and Jacksonville, Fla.-based Volpe, Bajalia, Wickes, Rogerson & Wachs (VBWR) have merged, growing Adams and Reese to 15 offices nationwide and five offices in the state of Florida. The merger was announced jointly by Adams and Reese managing partner, Charles P. Adams Jr. and VBWR shareholder, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/05/law-firm-expands-footprint-in-florida-with-merger/feed/ 0 Zach Scruggs’ last hope for appeal denied without comment http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/20/zach-scruggs-last-hope-for-appeal-denied-without-comment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zach-scruggs-last-hope-for-appeal-denied-without-comment http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/20/zach-scruggs-last-hope-for-appeal-denied-without-comment/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:07:30 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70090 OXFORD — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal from Zach Scruggs, who was implicated as having knowledge of a judicial corruption scheme that toppled his father, plaintiffs’ lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. The court without comment declined Scruggs’ request to hear his appeal. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/20/zach-scruggs-last-hope-for-appeal-denied-without-comment/feed/ 0 Former governor starts new business with ex-Wal-Mart exec http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/20/former-governor-starts-new-business-with-ex-wal-mart-exec/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-governor-starts-new-business-with-ex-wal-mart-exec http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/20/former-governor-starts-new-business-with-ex-wal-mart-exec/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:01:29 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70085 JACKSON — Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove is starting a new business. He and George Shelton, a former aide, are launching Company.Politics, which Shelton says aims to help businesses improve reputations and links to government. Shelton helped Democrat Musgrove get elected in 1999, but left to become a consultant and then head of reputation management for [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/20/former-governor-starts-new-business-with-ex-wal-mart-exec/feed/ 0 Woman gets 10-year sentence for embezzling $277K http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/11/woman-gets-10-year-sentence-for-embezzling-277k/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woman-gets-10-year-sentence-for-embezzling-277k http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/11/woman-gets-10-year-sentence-for-embezzling-277k/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:54:21 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69646 SARDIS — A Sardis woman has been sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for stealing $277,000 from her employer. Prosecutors say Samantha Johnson was working for a Batesville lawyer and used the law firm account to pay off the mortgage on her mother’s mobile home; buy her sister a mobile home; purchase an automobile [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/11/woman-gets-10-year-sentence-for-embezzling-277k/feed/ 0 Bradley Arant named best law firm in state http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/07/bradley-arant-named-best-law-firm-in-state/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bradley-arant-named-best-law-firm-in-state http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/07/bradley-arant-named-best-law-firm-in-state/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:50:44 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=69341 JACKSON — Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP has been recognized as the Mississippi “Firm of the Year” in the inaugural U.S. Benchmark Litigation Awards. It was also named the top firm in the South for its appellate and general commercial litigation practices. Winners were honored at an awards ceremony in New York City. In addition [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/07/bradley-arant-named-best-law-firm-in-state/feed/ 0 Fired agency director denies wrongdoing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/04/fired-agency-director-denies-wrongdoing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fired-agency-director-denies-wrongdoing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/04/fired-agency-director-denies-wrongdoing/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:17:07 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69205 BILOXI — A Jackson law firm is representing the fired executive director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, and says he has not done anything wrong. State and federal investigators are looking at spending under Bill Walker, of Ocean Springs, who was fired Jan. 15. The state Commission on Marine Resources said the dismissal [...]

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