An attorney in the Mississippi Department of Human Services’ Child Support Enforcement Division is suing the agency, claiming his salary has been lower than allowed by state law. William Satterfield, who has been with DHS’ Harrison County office since 2009, filed the lawsuit March 1 in Hinds County Chancery Court. Listed as defendants are Gov. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 23,2013
Tags: bank, banker, banking, deposit, eartning, finance, financial institution, insurance, law, legal, litigation, loan, mortgage, publicly traded company
TUPELO — BancorpSouth Inc. has released financial results for the quarter ended March 31. Highlights for the first quarter included: • Net income of $20.8 million or $0.22 per diluted share • Mortgage production of $425.9 million and mortgage sales of $445.9 million, which contributed to mortgage lending revenue of $12.3 million for the quarter, [...] [...]
In a recent story by Clay Chandler, a federal appeals court has ruled that Mississippi’s tort cap does not violate separation of powers A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Mississippi’s $1 million cap on non-economic damages arising out of civil litigation does not violate the state’s constitutional separation of [...] [...]
A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Mississippi’s $1 million cap on non-economic damages arising out of civil litigation does not violate the state’s constitutional separation of powers. The question arose out of a personal injury case in federal court in Aberdeen. Plaintiff Lisa Learmonth was involved in a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 22,2012
Tags: attorney, bribe, class action, intellectual property, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, lawsuit, lawyer, litigation, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, shareholder, stockholder, trade secret
JACKSON — Bernstein Liebhard, LLP, of New York, has commenced a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on behalf of a class of purchasers of Eaton Corporation common stock between August 2, 2009, and June 4, 2012. The complaint alleges that Eaton issued false and misleading statements [...] [...]

At a recent hearing, a judge ruled the case in which the former CFO of Jackson’s Parkway Properties Inc. (NYSE: PKY) alleges wrongful termination and fraud will be tried June 4. The judge did not rule on disagreements about the plaintiff’s expert witnesses or the production of certain Parkway financial records. Parkway says it fired [...] [...]