AG Removes Langston from Lawsuit Against Eli Lilly
Attorney General has removed attorney Joey Langston from a state lawsuit against drugmaker Eli Lilly, according to Legal Newsline, a pro-tort reform Web site that is closely following the Dickie Scruggs bribery scandal. Langston has pled guilty to trying to bribe a judge. Langston was a contingency attorney who successfully sued Worldcom on behalf of Mississippi for back taxes. That case settled for about $108 million in money and property for the state, and the company had to pay Langston and other attorneys $14 million. The money did not come from state coffers, as anti-Hood pundits like to accuse. Hood’s Republican and pro-big-business critics are trying to link the attorney general to the scandal because, they say, Langston gave money to his campaign, and criticize him, as is apparent from the Legal Newsline article linked above, which complains that Hood “only” fired Langston, but doesn’t plan to prosecute the attorney himself.
Hood responded that it would be a conflict of interest for him to prosecute someone he worked closely with on the Worldcom lawsuit, but offered state resources to back up local prosecutions by district attorneys:
Since the matter is being handled by the federal government, it would be inappropriate for me to comment any further until all the facts are known,” Hood said.
“Due to Mr. Langston’s past representation of this office, it could create an appearance of impropriety for our office to participate in a potential state prosecution of this case. It will be up to the appropriate District Attorney(s) to handle any potential state case(s). The resources of my office will be available to them.
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