From the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal: Mississippi AG Jim Hood’s outsourcing of legal work to for-profit tort lawyers brought him nearly $800,000 in campaign contributions in 2007 alone.
- This kind of quid pro quo is legal in Mississippi and most other
states. However, if this kind of sweetheart arrangement existed between
a public official and business interests, you can bet Mr. Hood would be
screaming about corruption. Yet Mr. Hood and his trial bar partners are
fighting even Mississippi’s modest attempt to require more transparency
in their contracts.
Read more here: Lawsuit Inc. (h/t PointofLaw.com).
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