Dickie Scruggs may have pleaded guilty last month to conspiring to bribe a Mississippi judge, but that doesn’t mean all the fight’s been taken out of him. The latest: the famed plaintiffs’ lawyer is scratching and clawing to keep his law license intact. Here’s the latest from the Jackson Clarion-Ledger. The backstory: Shortly after Scruggs [...]

This just in: Zach Scruggs, the son of powerful plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, has pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge that he was aware of but did not report that associates were inappropriately trying to influence a Mississippi judge. Here’s the early report from the Biloxi Sun-Herald. The AP (link not available) is [...]

While Scruggs the Elder pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to bribe a judge, the saga continues. The latest: Speculation on whether Dickie will testify against his son, Zach; and a self-effacing move by Dickie and his wife, Diane. A father-son showdown? Not likely. The younger Scruggs is the only individual among the five indicted [...]

Oh, had we known to be down in Oxford, Miss., today! Alas, we’ve tried to make up for our absence by tracking down the transcripts of both Dickie Scruggs’s and Sid Backstrom’s plea hearings, which get you inside the action, at least a bit. (Click here for Scruggs’s and here for Backstrom’s.)
Highlights: A Bribe? [...]

Update: More on Mr. Scruggs. Prosecutors are going to recommend five years for him, 2.5 for co-defendant Sidney Backstrom, according to the wires. Zach is apparently going to trial.
See the plea docs here and here. * * *
So much for Manic Mississippi Monday. That day, March 31, was supposed to be the start-date of the [...]

Dickie Scruggs’s plea, reported on the Law Blog and in the WSJ earlier today, is surprising for a couple reasons, not least of which is the Zach factor. Many speculated that Scruggs would offer himself up to the feds in return for an agreement to let his son, Zach, off the hook. But here we [...]

Manic Mississippi Monday is rapidly approaching. That’s March 31, the start-date of the trial for Dickie Scruggs. For all those new to the story, or for all those old readers wondering how Scruggs may have gotten himself into into this situation, check out this page-one WSJ story today. For earlier posts on L’Affaire Scruggs, click [...]