January 16, 2008

The disgraced Mississippi lawyer, who entered a guilty plea on Monday in the judicial corruption scandal, has been a major player in asbestos and pharmaceutical plaintiff's work, in suits against HMOs and nonprofit hospitals, in the great tobacco heist, and on and on. I've got a pair of posts up on Overlawyered now briefly summing up Langston's litigation exploits and political involvements. For details on some of the other extraordinary developments in the Scruggs saga that have emerged over the past two days -- including newly surfacing names of other persons allegedly involved in the attempts to bribe Judge Lackey -- check David R.'s site as well as the other usual up-to-date sources.