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Baker Donelson merges with Texas law firm

by MBJ Staff Published: October 24,2011

Tags: attorneys, law, law firms, lawyers, legal, mergers and acquisitions

JACKSON — Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, has merged with the Houston law firm of Spain Chambers, marking Baker Donelson’s entry into Texas. The merger of Spain Chambers into Baker Donelson brings the firm’s total number of attorneys and advisors to nearly 620 across 17 offices in six states and Washington, D.C. The firm [...] [...]

Parkway to celebrate remodeling of One Jackson Place

JACKSON — Parkway Properties Inc. will hold a ceremony Thursday to unveil the 17,000-square-foot newly-remodeled space of GodwinGroup, a Jackson-based integrated marketing and advertising firm, and to welcome Balch & Bingham, LLP, a regional law firm, to their new 27,000-square-foot office at One Jackson Place in downtown Jackson. Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson The law firm of Balch [...] [...]

Law firm lands in national top 25 ranking

by Wally Northway Published: September 9,2010

Tags: law, legal, media

JACKSON — Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, has been ranked as one of the most recommended litigation firms in the world by in-house counsel at Fortune 1000 companies. In the BTI Litigation Outlook for 2011, Bradley Arant is one of 24 litigation firms most recommended by large corporate clients. To compile the ranking, BTI directly interviewed more [...] [...]

Ex-attorney wants conviction overturned

by Associated Press Published: April 8,2010

Tags: attorney, courts, law enforcement, lawyer, legal

A former attorney has asked a judge to throw out his federal conviction of swindling a pharmaceutical company out of millions over the diet drug Fen-Phen. Robert Arledge was convicted in 2007 and sentenced to six years for his role in the scheme, which netted more than $6 million from the drug company Wyeth. The U.S. [...] [...]

Court upholds McIntyre’s disbarment

by Associated Press Published: March 12,2010

Tags: attorneys, disbarment, judiciary, lawyers, legal

JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the disbarment of a prominent Mississippi lawyer amid allegations he mixed his personal and business funds with the funds of his clients. The Mississippi Bar filed the complaint against James McIntyre of Jackson in 2008. McIntyre had been a member of the Mississippi Bar Association since 1965. Mississippi [...] [...]

Law firms want Toyota lawsuit

by Associated Press Published: February 11,2010

Tags: automobile industry, class action, lawsuit, legal, product safety, Toyota

NEW YORK — A group of 22 law firms in 16 states wants to bring a national class action lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp., alleging Toyota vehicles have lost billions of dollars in value in the wake of massive recalls. P. Tim Howard, a Northeastern University law professor leading Attorneys Toyota Action Consortium, says the eight [...] [...]

Greenlee retiring as U.S. attorney

by Associated Press Published: January 25,2010

Tags: law enforcement, legal, prosecution

OXFORD — U.S. Attorney Jim M. Greenlee, who led the most sweeping judicial bribery investigation in memory in Mississippi, will retire Jan. 31, according to The Associated Press. Greenlee made the announcement Jan. 20 in a news release. Greenlee was sworn in as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi Oct. 30, 2001. He had [...] [...]

Harborside/HHC Nutrition case settled

by Wally Northway Published: October 9,2009

Tags: healthcare, legal

OXFORD — Harborside Healthcare and HHC Nutrition Services will pay the United States $1.375 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the company received kickbacks and assistance under the guise of a sham durable medical equipment (DME) provider, the Justice Department announced. The government alleged that McKesson Corp., and its affiliate MediNet Corp. provided the [...] [...]

NDeX expands in Sunshine State

by Wally Northway Published: October 5,2009

Tags: legal, media

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Dolan Media Company (NYSE: DM), the parent company of the Mississippi Business Journal, said today that its majority-owned subsidiary NDeX expanded into Florida by entering into a long-term agreement to provide mortgage default processing services to James E. Albertelli, P.A., a Florida law firm. NDeX also agreed to acquire certain operating [...] [...]

Commission: Legal aid group needs funding

by Wally Northway Published: August 24,2009

Tags: legal

OXFORD — The Mississippi Access to Justice Commission has released the following statement about funding shortfalls and North Mississippi Rural Legal Services: “As the economy continues in a downward spiral, so does funding to sustain vital programming that serves the legal needs of Mississippi’s most vulnerable communities. The Mississippi Access to Justice Commission is disheartened by [...] [...]

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