Representative Matters

Contract and Business Tort Litigation

• Representing Trustmark National Bank in Alabama state court trust litigation.
• Representing Providence Management, LLC and related entities in Mississippi state court guaranty litigation against Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III entities.
• Representing Infinex Investments, Inc. in Mississippi federal court litigation against Cadence Bank.
• Represented Trustmark National Bank in Arkansas federal court interpleader litigation.
• Represented Natchez Riverside Entertainment, L.P. and its affiliates in Mississippi state court litigation alleging breach of contract, fraud, and tortious interference with business relations.
• Representing Reed’s Metals, LLC in Mississippi federal court litigation against Steel Outdoors, Inc. and its affiliates alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of duty of loyalty, tortious interference, and unfair competition.
• Representing Watkins & Eager PLLC in Mississippi state court professional liability litigation.
• Representing Reed’s Metals, LLC in Mississippi state court action alleging breach of contract, breach of warranty, and negligence.
• Represented TekLinks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Business in Alabama state court litigation and arbitration alleging breach of contract to provide Birmingham Heart Clinic with cloud-based data storage services.
• Represented Reed’s Metals, LLC in Mississippi federal court litigation against Littco, LLC and its affiliates alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of duty of loyalty, tortious interference, and unfair competition.
• Represented Uni-Form Components Co. in Mississippi federal court litigation against Great River Industries, LLC and Enerfab, Inc. alleging breach of sales contract and breach of warranties.
• Represented Shular Companies in Tennessee state court litigation alleging breach of trust agreements and seeking accounting.
• Represented Watkins & Eager PLLC in Mississippi state court litigation arising from its expulsion of a firm member.
• Represented Reed’s Metals, LLC in Tennessee federal court litigation against Blue Steel, LLC and its affiliates alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty of loyalty, tortious interference, and unfair competition.
• Represented Jeff Pyle in Tennessee state court litigation against ADS Security, LLC alleging breaches of noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements.
• Represented Business Communications Inc. in Tennessee federal court litigation alleging breach of an employment contract.
• Represented First Data Corporation and its affiliates in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama state and federal court litigation alleging breaches of credit card processing agreements.
• Represented TekLinks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Business in Alabama state court litigation against NSH Corporation to recover for cloud hosting and support services financial analytics software TekLinks provided to NSH.
• Represented D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. in Mississippi state court litigation alleging that Anheuser-Busch conspired with a Mississippi beer distributor to tortiously interfere with Yuengling’s business and exclude Yuengling from the Mississippi beer market.
• Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in Mississippi federal court litigation against Prophix Software to recover for financial analytics software that failed to perform as promised.
• Represented Telepak Networks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in Mississippi state court litigation against Falcon IP to recover for video services-related equipment and services that failed to perform as promised.
• Represented Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. in breach-of-warranty action against Hyde Products in Mississippi federal court.
• Represented Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. and Laidlaw Environmental Services in Mississippi federal court litigation asserting antitrust, contract, and business tort claims.
• Represented Standard Bank in Mississippi state court commercial litigation.
• Represented WorldCom, Inc. f/k/a LDDS Communications, Inc. in noncompete litigation against Automated Communications in Mississippi federal trial and appellate courts.
• Represented Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. and W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company in Mississippi state court construction litigation.
• Represented Mississippi Chemical Corporation and Terra International in insurance bad faith litigation in Mississippi federal court.
• Represented Life of Georgia in insurance bad faith litigation in Mississippi state court.
• Represented WorldCom, Inc. f/k/a LDDS Communications, Inc. in Mississippi state court commercial litigation against TriTel Communications.

Attorney General Litigation

• Representing Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC in Mississippi federal court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging a conspiracy to artificially manipulate diabetes medication prices in violation of the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.
• Represented JUUL Labs, Inc. in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices in the marketing and sale of e-cigarettes and related products under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.
• Representing Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC and its affiliates in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging deceptive failure to warn under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.
• Representing Purdue Pharma, LP and its affiliates in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging violations of the Mississippi Medicaid Fraud Control Act and the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.
• Represented Credit Acceptance Corporation in Mississippi federal court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging deceptive lending practices under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.
• Represented MCNS Polyurethanes USA, Inc. in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging a conspiracy to reduce isocyanates supplies and fix prices under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act and Mississippi Antitrust Act.

 Antitrust Litigation

• Representing Idaho Forest Group in Mississippi federal court litigation alleging a conspiracy to fix lumber prices in violation of federal antitrust law.
• Representing Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi in multidistrict class action antitrust litigation centralized in Alabama federal court in which subscribers and health care providers allege a conspiracy to allocate markets and fix prices for health insurance premiums and provider reimbursements.
• Representing Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi in state and federal opt-out antitrust litigation by subscribers alleging a conspiracy to allocate markets and fix prices for health insurance premiums and provider reimbursements.
• Representing Southern Hens, Inc. in antitrust litigation filed in Oklahoma federal court alleging a conspiracy to maintain artificially low broiler grower pay.
• Representing Southern Hens, Inc. in antitrust litigation consolidated in Illinois federal court in which direct and indirect broiler purchasers allege a conspiracy to reduce chicken meat output and fix prices.
• Represented MCNS Polyurethanes USA, Inc. in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging a conspiracy to reduce isocyanates supplies and fix prices under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act and Mississippi Antitrust Act.
• Represented D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. as defendant and cross-claimant in Mississippi state court litigation alleging that Anheuser-Busch conspired with a Mississippi beer distributor to tortiously interfere with Yuengling’s business and exclude Yuengling from the Mississippi beer market in violation of Mississippi antitrust law and the Mississippi Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act.
• Represented Cellular South, Inc. and Corr Wireless Communications d/b/a C Spire Wireless as plaintiffs in Mississippi federal court antitrust litigation alleging that AT&T, Motorola, and Qualcomm conspired to exclude competitors through the wireless spectrum standard-setting process.
• Represented Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. and Laidlaw Environmental Services in Mississippi federal court litigation asserting federal antitrust claims.
• Represented Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. in Mississippi state court antitrust litigation concerning the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s denial of a competitor’s license application.

Financial Services Litigation

• Representing Trustmark National Bank in Alabama state court trust litigation.
• Representing Infinex Investments, Inc., in Mississippi federal court litigation against Cadence Bank.
• Represented Trustmark National Bank in Arkansas federal court interpleader litigation.
• Representing Entergy Mississippi, LLC in Mississippi federal court class action alleging Fair Credit Reporting Act violations.
• Represented Credit Acceptance Corporation in Mississippi federal court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging deceptive lending practices under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act
• Represented First Data Corporation and its affiliates in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee state and federal court litigation concerning credit card processing services.
• Represented Trustmark National Bank in Mississippi federal court class action litigation concerning overdraft fees and out-of-network ATM fees.

Media, Intellectual Property, and Trade Secrets Litigation

• Representing TekLinks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Business in Texas federal court patent litigation brought by Estech Systems, Inc.
• Representing Reed’s Metals, LLC in Mississippi federal court litigation against Steel Outdoors, Inc. and its affiliates alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of duty of loyalty, tortious interference, and unfair competition.
• Representing WHY Films, Inc. in Mississippi state court litigation concerning ownership and distribution rights for a feature film.
• Represented Reed’s Metals, LLC in Mississippi federal court litigation against Littco, LLC and its affiliates alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of duty of loyalty, tortious interference, and unfair competition.
• Represented Reed’s Metals, LLC in Tennessee federal court litigation against Blue Steel, LLC and its affiliates alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty of loyalty, tortious interference, and unfair competition.
• Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in Mississippi federal court patent litigation brought by serial patent plaintiff Techno Licensing, LLC.
• Represented ESPN, Inc. and Mt. Philo Films in Mississippi federal court litigation in which plaintiff asserted copyright and contract claims alleging the use of plaintiff’s film footage and story ideas for a television film without adequate compensation or attribution.
• Represented The Outdoor Syndicate, LLC and Hornady Manufacturing Company, Inc. in Mississippi state court litigation asserting tort claims arising from a television hunting show’s alleged incorporation of footage of the plaintiffs’ hunts without their consent.
• Represented Antler Insanity, LLC and BYG Outdoors, LLC in Mississippi federal court trademark litigation asserting conflicting ownership claims over various marks featured in a hunting television program, website, hunting accessories, apparel, and related promotional materials.

RICO Litigation

• Represented JUUL Labs, Inc. in Mississippi federal court RICO litigation challenging various alleged advertising and sales practices concerning e-cigarettes and related products.
• Represented BLD Services, LLC and D&O Contractors, Inc. in Louisiana and Mississippi federal trial and appellate court litigation asserting civil RICO claims arising from the awarding and performance of debris removal and clean-up contracts following Hurricane Katrina.
• Represented Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi in Mississippi federal court RICO litigation concerning the awarding of the State Health Plan administration contract.

Securities Litigation

• Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in FINRA arbitration proceeding against Sovereign Holdings, LLC and UVEST Financial Services for investing the client’s funds in unsuitable auction rate securities.
• Represented MCI WorldCom, Inc. and Bernie Ebbers in multidistrict securities and ERISA class action litigation centralized in New York federal court and related federal and state court litigation in Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois, and Kansas.
• Represented MCI WorldCom, Inc. and Bernie Ebbers in unrelated securities class action litigation in Mississippi federal trial and appellate courts.

Telecommunications and Data Services Litigation

• Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in Texas federal court class action alleging Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations.
• Representing TekLinks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Business in Texas federal court patent litigation brought by Estech Systems, Inc.
• Represented TekLinks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Business in Alabama state court litigation and arbitration alleging breach of contract to provide Birmingham Heart Clinic with cloud-based data storage services.
• Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Wireless in Mississippi state court litigation claiming personal injuries resulting from allegedly defective device.
• Represented Telepak Networks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in AT&T’s Mississippi state court bid protest and appeal from the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services’ contract award for Statewide Telecommunications Services to C Spire.
• Represented TekLinks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Business in Alabama state court litigation against NSH Corporation to recover for cloud hosting and support services financial analytics software TekLinks provided to NSH.
• Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Wireless in Mississippi state court litigation claiming economic loss from allegedly defective device.
• Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in Mississippi federal court patent litigation brought by serial patent plaintiff Techno Licensing, LLC.
• Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Wireless in Mississippi federal court litigation alleging Privacy Act violations.
• Represented Telepak Networks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in Tennessee federal court litigation against the City of Memphis alleging that the City’s rights-of-way use ordinance constituted an unlawful tax in violation of state law and an unreasonable barrier to market entry in violation of the federal Telecommunications Act.
• Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Wireless and Corr Wireless Communications in Mississippi federal court antitrust litigation alleging that AT&T, Motorola, and Qualcomm conspired to exclude competitors through the wireless spectrum standard-setting process.
• Represented WorldCom, Inc. f/k/a LDDS Communications, Inc. in commercial litigation against Automated Communications in Mississippi federal trial and appellate courts.
• Represented WorldCom, Inc. f/k/a LDDS Communications, Inc. in Mississippi state court commercial litigation against TriTel Communications.

Class Action Litigation

• Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in Texas federal court class action alleging Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations.
• Representing Entergy Mississippi, LLC in Mississippi federal court class action alleging Fair Credit Reporting Act violations.
• Representing Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi in multidistrict class action antitrust litigation centralized in Alabama federal court.
• Representing Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi in antitrust class action settlement opt-out litigation in California state and Alabama federal court.
• Representing Southern Hens, Inc. in broiler grower antitrust class action litigation filed in Oklahoma federal court.
• Representing the Mississippi Poultry Association and Southern Hens, Inc. in consolidated multidistrict antitrust litigation centralized in Illinois federal court.
• Represented JD’s Towing of Nashville, LLC in FLSA collective action in Tennessee federal court.
• Represented JUUL Labs, Inc. in two Mississippi federal court class actions challenging various alleged advertising and sales practices concerning e-cigarettes and related products.
• Represented Trustmark National Bank in Mississippi federal court class action litigation concerning overdraft fees and out-of-network ATM fees.
• Represented MCI WorldCom, Inc. and Bernie Ebbers in multidistrict securities and ERISA class action litigation centralized in New York federal court and related federal and state court litigation in Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois, and Kansas.
• Represented MCI WorldCom, Inc. and Bernie Ebbers in unrelated securities class action litigation in Mississippi federal trial and appellate courts.
• Represented Choctaw Maid Farms, Inc. in mass action grower litigation in Mississippi state court.
• Represented Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. in class action employment litigation in Mississippi federal trial and appellate courts.

Mass Tort Litigation

• Represented Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.; The BOC Group, Inc. (now The Linde Group); Hobart Brothers, LLC; Illinois Tool Works, Inc.; The ESAB Group, Inc.; Airgas (now Air Liquide), and others in multidistrict litigation centralized in Ohio federal court and related federal and state trial and appellate court litigation in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, and West Virginia by plaintiffs alleging neurological injury resulting from exposure to fumes from welding consumables and equipment.
• Represented Mine Safety Appliances and others in Mississippi and Arkansas state and federal trial and appellate court litigation brought by plaintiffs alleging injury from silica exposure due to alleged defects in respiratory protection equipment.

Drug and Device Litigation

• Representing Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging a conspiracy to artificially manipulate diabetes medication prices in violation of the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.
• Representing Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC and its affiliates in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act alleging deceptive failure to adequately warn of alleged side effects of cancer treatment drug.
• Represented JUUL Labs, Inc. in Mississippi federal court product liability litigation concerning marketing of e-cigarettes and related products.
• Represented JUUL Labs, Inc. in Mississippi federal court class actions challenging various alleged advertising and sales practices concerning e-cigarettes and related products.
• Representing Purdue Pharma, LP and its affiliates in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging violations of the Mississippi Medicaid Fraud Control Act and the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.

Explosion and Fire Litigation

• Represented BlackRock Capital in West Virginia state court wrongful death actions arising from a fire and explosion at a titanium and zirconium recycling facility.
• Represented Astec Industries in Mississippi state court wrongful death actions arising from a fire and explosion at a rubber recycling facility.
• Represented Mississippi Chemical Corporation in Mississippi and Iowa federal trial and appellate court litigation arising from a fire and explosion at an ammonium nitrate plant.

Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation

• Represented Texas Eastern Transmission, Spectra Energy, and Duke Energy in alleged PCB exposure litigation in Mississippi federal court.
• Represented Central Industries in environmental and mass toxic tort litigation Mississippi state court concerning alleged air and water emissions.
• Represented Genesis Pipeline in Mississippi state court litigation concerning an alleged pipeline release.
• Represented Southland Oil in Mississippi federal court environmental litigation concerning an alleged underground storage tank release.

Personal Injury Litigation

• Representing ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, Ltd. in federal court litigation alleging personal injury.
• Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Wireless in Mississippi state court litigation claiming personal injuries resulting from allegedly defective device.
• Represented Harrah’s Vicksburg Corp. in Mississippi state and federal court litigation alleging personal injury.
• Represented Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.; The BOC Group, Inc. (now The Linde Group); Hobart Brothers, LLC; Illinois Tool Works, Inc.; The ESAB Group, Inc.; Airgas (now Air Liquide), and others in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, and West Virginia state and federal court litigation alleging personal injury.
• Represented Mine Safety Appliances and others in Arkansas and Mississippi state and federal trial and appellate court litigation alleging personal injury.

Appellate Litigation

• Representing Watkins & Eager PLLC in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
• Representing Idaho Forest Group in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Represented St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
• Represented Watkins & Eager PLLC in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
• Represented St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital in the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
• Represented Telepak Networks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
• Represented D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
• Represented Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC and its affiliates in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
• Represented Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Represented MCNS Polyurethanes USA, Inc. in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
• Represented BLD Services, LLC and D&O Contractors, Inc. in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court.
• Represented Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.; The BOC Group, Inc. (now The Linde Group); Hobart Brothers, LLC; Illinois Tool Works, Inc.; The ESAB Group, Inc.; Airgas (now Air Liquide), and others in the Mississippi Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Represented Raimee Marmillion in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Represented MCI WorldCom, Inc. and Bernie Ebbers in the Second, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals.
• Represented Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Represented Mississippi Chemical Corporation in the Fifth and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court.
• Represented Harrah’s Vicksburg Corp. and W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company in the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
• Represented WorldCom, Inc. f/k/a LDDS Communications, Inc. in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Represented Harrah’s Vicksburg Corp. in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
• Represented Choctaw Maid Farms, Inc. in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
• Represented the Mississippi Casino Operators Association in the Mississippi Supreme Court.