Attorney General Lynn Fitch led a bipartisan coalition of 23 State Attorneys General in an amicus brief supporting a petition for certiorari by a young man seeking to hold Snapchat accountable for its rolein the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his teacher.
Attorney General Lynn Fitch welcomed Delta State University as the latest partner to One Pill Can Kill, her publicawareness campaign to educate, support and empower Mississippians with information on the dangers of fentanyl, how to identify it, and what to do if astudent or friend is overdosing.
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced thecompletion of a week-long human trafficking investigator training, culminatingin an operation that resulted in the recovery of four victims and one arrest.
Attorney General Lynn Fitch today unveiled the free Mississippi Access to Maternal Assistance (MAMA) mobile app that connectspregnant women and mothers to private and public resources available acrossthe state. Since launching the MAMA website in October 2023, over 7,200 individuals have visited the site.
In two separate public comments this week, AttorneyGeneral Lynn Fitch, and a coalition of Attorneys General, urged the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) to stop telemarketing companies from using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)to evade laws that protect consumers from unwanted, illegal robocalls.“
It is with deep regret that I must announce that my office will no longer be ableto serve as counsel for Auditor Shad White in the two defamation suits thathave been brought against him.
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced that just prior to Christmas, the Fentanyl Strike Force completed OperationChecking the Naughty List, which resulted in 13 felony and 12 misdemean or charges, including Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Distribute for fentanyl, morphine,methamphetamine, oxycodone, and other controlled substances.
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced thesentencing of Norman Keith Aycock of Boyle, Mississippi, who was investigatedand prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office for six counts, including Filming Another with an Expectation of Privacy and Voyeurism.
The Office of the Attorney General completed its review into the May 20, 2023,incident involving an officer-involved shooting in Indianola, Mississippi, andpresented it to the grand jury in Sunflower County.
Attorney General Lynn Fitch warned Mississippians to be aware of unsolicited “missed delivery” notification scamsas they increase this holiday season.“Sadly, the holiday season is a prime-time opportunity for scammers,” said General Fitch.
Attorney General Lynn Fitch, incollaboration with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) and the AndrewJackson Council of the Boy Scouts of America, hosted Scout Out Opioids, aprogram to raise awareness with Scouts and their families of the dangers ofopioids and offer techniques for reducing opioid abuse and misuse for themand their loved ones.
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Federal law doesn’t prevent the state of Mississippi from suing Johnson & Johnson over its failure to put a cancer warning on talcum powder products, the state’s highest court ruled, carving out an independent role for the state in regulating certain cosmetic products.
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – Private lawyers, some of whom contributed to her campaign, stand to gain financially from Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s new lawsuit against 3M, DuPont and other companies over chemicals known as PFAS.
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – A woman who wants to open a beauty shop in Mississippi is suing the state for making her complete hundreds of hours of training in order to do so.
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has sued China, alleging an “appalling campaign” of deceit by authorities there unleashed the COVID-19 pandemic.
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - It doesn’t look like private lawyers who scored a contract with former Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood will get the payday they were seeking when he hired them in October 2015.
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled a circuit court abused its discretion in the assigning of a special master and in the reassignment of a case involving Hurricane Katrina insurance and the state's Homeowner Assistance Program (HAP).
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – A candidate for attorney general of Mississippi says the office needs to quit the practice of letting outside law firms sue businesses on behalf of the state.
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) — Eleven lawsuits filed by the state of Mississippi against several government contractors that allege bribery and kickbacks of a former Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) commissioner have resulted in $26.6 million in recoveries.
The Mississippi Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve (ESGR), an agency within the Department of Defense, recently awarded Attorney General Jim Hood and others at the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office with its Service Member Patriot Award for promoting a work culture that values the military service of employees.
