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The United States government appears to have conceded that a complete dismissal of indictments against 12 former KPMG partners is the only appropriate remedy in light of an earlier ruling that federal prosecutors violated the defendants’ constitutional rights.  The action, U.S. v. Stein, No. 05 Crim. 0888 (S.D.N.Y.), stems from allegations that KPMG employees participated in a scheme to defraud the IRS by creating fraudulent tax shelters for wealthy clients. 

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A Northern District of Alabama judge recently asked federal prosecutors to charge Mississippi plaintiff’s attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs with criminal contempt.  It is alleged that Scruggs violated a preliminary injunction issued in December 2006, which ordered him to turn over all documents secretly copied by two whistleblowers, Corgi Rigsby Moran and Kerri Rigsby. 

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On June 11, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed a civil action again State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, alleging breach of contract, bad faith breach of contract, and breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing.  The suit arises out of State Farm’s alleged failure to honor an agreement for a mass settlement of claims arising out of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. 

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On June 5, 2007, a New York State Court located in Manhattan ruled that various products liability claims relating to ExxonMobil Corporation’s defective resin and lubricant products were multiple “occurrences” under liability insurance policies issued to ExxonMobil by Lloyd’s of London. 

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