BP's estimate that it will pay $7.8 billion to settle thousands of Gulf oil spill claims has reassured investors even as lawyers for plaintiffs emphasize that the figure may be low. The settlement between BP and a plaintiffs' committee, announced March 2, puts no cap on...
Financial Times By Ed Crooks The Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 caused the world’s largest offshore oil spill. It has also led to a mammoth legal action, as tens of thousands of plaintiffs – and the US government – fight for compensation In New Orleans people know how...
Clarion Ledger By Marni von Wilpert Today is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, and to honor it here in Mississippi, we need to dedicate ourselves to doing more to provide access to health care, housing and employment for people with HIV/AIDS. This year marks the 13th...
Mississippi Public Broadcasting Air date 03/02/12 How will the coming changes in Mississippi’s health care system affect your children? Wesley Prater, a senior health analyst at Georgetown University, explains how the Obama health care bill will provide coverage for more kids. In 2014, more than half of...
Mississippi Public Broadcasting Published by Daniel Cherry After years of decline, foreclosures are again on the rise across the country. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports how even though Mississippi remains less impacted than most states, residents facing foreclosure have a tough road ahead. Mississippi ranked 44th in the nation...
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Sharon Garrison sgarrison@mscenterforjustice.org Office: 601-352-2269 (Jackson, Miss.) –Jackson Housing Authority, Regions bank and Mississippi Center for Justice will host a clinic to provide free assistance to homeowners who are behind on their mortgages. “Home foreclosures displace families and cause entire communities to decline,” said Rieko Wells of...
89.9 WNNO, NPR affiliate By EILEEN FLEMING As government and corporate representatives negotiate damages stemming from the BP oil spill, legal aid advocates are noting hundreds of low-income residents are stuck in filing damage claims of their own. Lawyers are setting up a system to ensure a...
As part of the American Bar Association's annual midwinter meeting, Martha Bergmark, Mississippi Center for Justice president and CEO, participated in a discussion about the current state of funding for legal services and strategies for ensuring access to justice amid economic crisis....
For Immediate Release Media Advisory LEGAL ADVOCATES FIGHT POVERTY CAUSED BY BP OIL SPILL DISASTER Experts discuss hard-hit coastal communities and the ways to seek economic justice What: The long-term ramifications to already-depressed industries and communities will require federal support, effective solutions, and the expertise that only local legal...
Steps Coalition to HUD: Halt Port Expansion Coalition says state is failing to meet minimum requirements for jobs creation, environmental protections (Gulfport, Miss.) January 17, 2012 - The Steps Coalition and its partners in the recently formed Port Campaign Coalition are calling on the U.S. Department of...
