Richard Dickie Scruggs

`King of Torts' Cops a Plea

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 05.25.2011

JACKSON, Miss. — Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the legendary trial lawyer who made Big Business tremble every time he set foot in court, pleaded gui...

Trent Lott Under Federal Investigation

Wall Street Journal | PAULO PRADA and ASHBY JONES | Posted 05.25.2011

Federal agents are investigating whether former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott knowingly played a role in an alleged conspiracy in 2006 to influenc...

Max Follmer

Trent Lott's Brother-In-Law, Nephew, Indicted On Federal Bribery Charges

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Prominent Mississippi trial attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the brother-in-law of outgoing GOP Sen. Trent Lott, was indicted by a federal grand jur...