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Judge Rules Against Mississippi Attorney General Over Google

A federal judge has ruled against Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood in his effort to keep Google from getting its hands on correspondence between Hood and lobbyists for the movie industry. It’s the latest defeat for Hood in his effort …

Judge Halts Google Investigation by Mississippi Attorney General, For Now

The Mississippi attorney general’s attempt to investigate Google is on hold for at least four more months. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate on Monday granted Google’s request for a preliminary injunction, preventing Attorney General Jim Hood from going through …

State Attorneys General, Citizens Groups, Support Mississippi Google Investigation

With representatives of the electronics industry saying Mississippi’s attempt to investigate Google should be blocked by federal law, 11 other state attorneys general and other groups are taking the opposite position. They’re weighing in on the side of Mississippi Attorney …

Lawmakers OK Limits on Mississippi AG’s Deals with Private Law Firms

A measure to limit Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood’s ability to control state legal business is on the way to Republican Gov. Phil Bryant. The Mississippi Senate voted 34-18 Wednesday to pass House Bill 211, after the House voted 64-55 …

Feinberg: BP Gulf Claims Fund ‘Working As Intended’

On the one-year anniversary of the Gulf oil spill, BP Plc is facing challenges to its effort to contain another kind of disaster: mass litigation. The oil giant last June established a $20 billion compensation fund for victims such as …