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02-12-24

Residential Construction – What you should know and do before you build.

There are many reputable home builders in Mississippi but, there are also residential contractors who ...

10-26-23

COLORFUL STORIES OF VEXATIOUS ANIMALS FROM ALLIGATORS AND GEESE TO EGG SUCKING DOGS AS REFLECTED IN JUDICIAL DECISIONS

The deep south has produced a wealth of notable authors. Mississippi is...

05-25-23

Dupree v. Younger – Rule 50 motions are not required to preserve the right to appeal a denial of summary judgment on purely legal issues.

A district court’s denial of summary judgment under FRCP 56 is an interlocutory order and generally not appealable until a...

04-25-23

Changes to Miss. State Board of Contractors’ Residential Licensing Requirements

Last year during the Regular 2022 Legislative Session, amendments were made t...

10-28-22

You Have Got to Read this Book!

That’s what my erudite friend told me when I mentioned that my family was goi...

02-11-22

The Crossing: Christmas Day, 1776

In early December, as I was driving to lunch listening to my car radio, I landed on a channel while searching for Christma...

11-08-21

OSHA'S Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Subject to Emergency Stay of Enforcement by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

On November 5, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published an Emergency...

07-06-21

Vaccinations and Returning to the Workplace

Over the past several months, businesses across the country have seen an...

04-19-21

Does the three (3) year statute of limitations apply to all IIED claims?

In its recent decision Geico Cas. Co. v. Stapleton, No. 2019-IA-00478-SCT, 2021 WL 1421668 (Miss. Apr. 15, 2021),...