This week's election news centers on New Hampshire, but attorneys would do well to note Mississippi's judicial elections. With the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ranking Mississippi courts as worst in the nation for business interests -- contending judges allow high jury verdicts in negligence cases, accept liability theories rejected elsewhere, and let small claims be bundled in anti-business counties -- trial lawyers and business advocates are pumping cash into the campaigns.
Details from Legal Times here via Law.com.