Richard Scruggs

We are just finishing up our first day at the Legal Technology Leadership Summit, our tech conference aimed at in-house counsel. So far it has been a great success. We’ve had no earthquakes or hurricanes — just a passing swarm of lovebugs (seriously), which are now lying dead on my balcony. This morning, we kicked […]

This just in, from the AP: Powerful plaintiffs attorney Richard ”Dickie” Scruggs and a co-defendant pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to bribe a judge for a favorable ruling in a case involving legal fees from a post-Hurricane Katrina lawsuit. The surprise plea came Friday during a hearing in Oxford, Miss. on pretrial matters, court officials […]

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Yesterday the FBI executed a search warrant on the Scruggs Law Firm in Oxford, Mississippi — the shop of high-flying plaintiffs’ lawyer Dickie Scruggs. It wasn’t immediately clear what investigation the search was related to. Here’s some commentary on the situation that we enjoyed, from David Rossmiller (in brackets, following excerpt from news article): “This […]

It’s Friday night, and we’re off the clock. So we’ll keep it short and sweet. HAHAHAHAHA. Judge Recommends Feds Prosecute Scruggs for Contempt [WSJ Law Blog] Ala. judge asks criminal contempt prosecution of Scruggs [Associated Press]