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MS Code § 11-55-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Litigation Accountability Act of 1988|§ 11-55-7. Award of costs and attorney's fees; amount of award; factors to consider

 In determining the amount of an award of costs or attorney's fees, the court shall exercise its sound discretion. When granting an award of costs and attorney's fees, the court shall specifically set forth the reasons for such award and shall consider the following factors, among others, in determining whether to assess attorney's fees and costs and the amount to be assessed:   The extent to which any effort was made to determine the validity of any action, claim or defense before it was asserted, and the time remaining within which the claim or defense could be filed;   The extent of any effort made after the commencement of an action to reduce the number of claims being asserted or to dismiss claims that have been found not to be valid;   The availability of facts to assist in determining the validity of an action, claim or defense;   Whether or not the action was prosecuted or defended, in whole or in part, in bad faith or for improper purpose;   Whether or not issues of fact, determinative of the validity of a party's claim or defense, were reasonably in conflict;   The extent to which the party prevailed with respect to the amount of and number of claims or defenses in controversy;   The extent to which any action, claim or defense was asserted by an attorney or party in a good faith attempt to establish a new theory of law in the state, which purpose was made known to the court at the time of filing;   The amount or conditions of any offer of judgment or settlement in relation to the amount or conditions of the ultimate relief granted by the court;   The extent to which a reasonable effort was made to determine prior to the time of filing of an action or claim that all parties sued or joined were proper parties owing a legally defined duty to any party or parties asserting the claim or action;   The extent of any effort made after the commencement of an action to reduce the number of parties in the action; and   The period of time available to the attorney for the party asserting any defense before such defense was interposed.
MS Code § 11-55-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Litigation Accountability Act of 1988|§ 11-55-9. Limitations of chapter

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent an attorney and his client from negotiating in private the actual fee which the client is to pay the client's attorney. Nothing in this chapter is intended to limit the authority of the court to approve written stipulations filed with the court or oral stipulations in open court agreeing to no award of attorney's fees or costs, or an award of attorney's fees or costs in a manner different than that provided in this chapter.
MS Code § 11-55-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Litigation Accountability Act of 1988|§ 11-55-11. Application of chapter

 This chapter shall apply in all cases unless attorney's fees are otherwise specifically provided by statute or court rule, in which case the provision allowing the greater award shall prevail.
MS Code § 11-55-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Litigation Accountability Act of 1988|§ 11-55-13. Severability

 If any section, paragraph, sentence, phrase or any part of this chapter shall be held invalid or unconstitutional, such holding shall not affect any other section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or part of this chapter which is not in and of itself invalid or unconstitutional. Moreover, if the application of this chapter, or of any portion of it, to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect the application of this chapter to other persons or circumstances which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
MS Code § 11-55-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 55 - Litigation Accountability Act of 1988|§ 11-55-15. Actions to which chapter applies

 This chapter shall apply to any suit or claim or defense or appeal filed or perfected subsequent to July 1, 1988. It shall also apply to any suit or claim or defense or appeal which has been filed or perfected prior to July 1, 1988, and which is not dismissed within one hundred eighty (180) days after July 1, 1988.
MS Code § 11-57-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 57 - Structured Settlements|§ 11-57-1. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Structured Settlement Protection Act."
MS Code § 11-57-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 57 - Structured Settlements|§ 11-57-5. Disclosure statement

 Not less than three (3) days before the date on which a payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee a separate disclosure statement, in bold type no smaller than fourteen (14) points, setting forth:   The amounts and due dates of the structured settlement payments to be transferred;   The aggregate amount of such payments;   The discounted present value of the payments to be transferred, which shall be identified as the "calculation of current value of the transferred structured settlement payments under federal standards for valuing annuities," and the amount of the Applicable Federal Rate used in calculating such discounted present value;   The gross advance amount;   An itemized listing of all applicable transfer expenses, other than attorney's fees and related disbursement payable in connection with the transferee's application for approval of the transfer, and the transferee's best estimate of the amount of any such fees and disbursements;   The net advance amount;   The amount of any penalties or liquidated damages payable by the payee in the event of any breach of the transfer agreement by the payee; and   A statement that the payee has the right to cancel the transfer agreement, without penalty or further obligation, not later than the third business day after the date the agreement is signed by the payee.
MS Code § 11-57-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 57 - Structured Settlements|§ 11-57-7. Transfers of structured settlement payment rights

 No direct or indirect transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be effective and no structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer shall be required to make any payment directly or indirectly to any transferee of structured settlement payment rights unless the transfer has been approved in advance in a final court order or order of a responsible administrative authority based on express findings by such court or responsible administrative authority that:   The transfer is in the best interest of the payee, taking into account the welfare and support of the payee's dependents;   The payee has been advised in writing by the transferee to seek independent professional advice regarding the transfer and has either received such advice or knowingly waived such advice in writing; and   The transfer does not contravene any applicable statute or the order of any court or other government authority.
MS Code § 11-57-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 57 - Structured Settlements|§ 11-57-9. Consequences of transfer

 Following a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under this chapter:   The structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer shall, as to all parties except the transferee, be discharged and released from any and all liability for the transferred payments;   The transferee shall be liable to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer:   If the transfer contravenes the terms of the structured settlement, for any taxes incurred by such parties as a consequence of the transfer; and   For any other liabilities or costs, including reasonable costs and attorney's fees, arising from compliance by such parties with the order of the court or responsible administrative authority or arising as a consequence of the transferee's failure to comply with this chapter;   Neither the annuity issuer nor the structured settlement obligor may be required to divide any periodic payment between the payee and any transferee or assignee or between two (2) or more transferees or assignees; and   Any further transfer of structured settlement payment rights by the payee may be made only after compliance with all of the requirements of this chapter.
MS Code § 11-57-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 57 - Structured Settlements|§ 11-57-11. Application for transfer; notification; hearing

  An application under this chapter for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be made by the transferee and may be brought in the county in which the payee resides, in the county in which the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer maintains its principal place of business, or in any court or before any responsible administrative authority which approved the structured settlement agreement.   Not less than twenty (20) days prior to the scheduled hearing on any application for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under Section 11-57-7, the transferee shall file with the court or responsible administrative authority and serve on all interested parties a notice of the proposed transfer and the application for its authorization, including with such notice:   A copy of the transferee's application;   A copy of the transfer agreement;   A copy of the disclosure statement required under Section 11-57-5;   A listing of each of the payee's dependents, together with each dependent's age;   Notification that any interested party is entitled to support, oppose or otherwise respond to the transferee's application, either in person or by counsel, by submitting written comments to the court or responsible administrative authority or by participating in the hearing; and   Notification of the time and place of the hearing and notification of the manner in which and the time by which written responses to the application must be filed which shall be not less than fifteen (15) days after service of the transferee's notice in order to be considered by the court or responsible administrative authority.
MS Code § 11-57-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 57 - Structured Settlements|§ 11-57-13. Transferee and payee responsibilities

  The provisions of this chapter may not be waived by any payee.   Any transfer agreement entered into on or after July 1, 2002, by a payee who resides in this state shall provide that disputes under such transfer agreement, including any claim that the payee has breached the agreement, shall be determined in and under the laws of this state. No such transfer agreement shall authorize the transferee or any other party to confess judgment or consent to entry of judgment against the payee.   No transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall extend to any payments that are life-contingent unless, prior to the date on which the payee signs the transfer agreement, the transferee has established and has agreed to maintain procedures reasonably satisfactory to the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor for (a) periodically confirming the payee's survival, and (b) giving the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor prompt written notice in the event of the payee's death.   No payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall incur any penalty, forfeit any application fee or other payment, or otherwise incur any liability to be proposed transferee or any assignee based on any failure of such transfer to satisfy the conditions of this chapter.   Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize any transfer of structured settlement payment rights in contravention of any law or to imply that any transfer under a transfer agreement entered into before July 1, 2002, is valid or invalid.   Compliance with the requirements set forth in § 11-57-5 and fulfillment of the conditions set forth in § 11-57-7 shall be solely the responsibility of the transferee in any transfer of structured settlement payment rights, and neither the structured settlement obligor nor the annuity issuer shall bear any responsibility for, or any liability arising from, noncompliance with such requirements or failure to fulfill such conditions.
MS Code § 11-57-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 57 - Structured Settlements|§ 11-57-15. Applicability

 This chapter shall apply to any transfer of structured settlement payment rights under a transfer agreement entered into on or after August 1, 2002; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall imply that any transfer under a transfer agreement reached before such date is either effective or ineffective.
MS Code § 11-59-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 59 - Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|§ 11-59-1. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.
MS Code § 11-59-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 59 - Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|§ 11-59-3. Definitions

 In this chapter:    "Foreign jurisdiction" means a state other than this state.   "Foreign subpoena" means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction.   "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.   "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.   "Subpoena" means a document, however denominated, issued under authority of a court of record requiring a person to:    Attend and give testimony at a deposition;   Produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information, or tangible things in the possession, custody, or control of the person; or   Permit inspection of premises under the control of the person.
MS Code § 11-59-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 59 - Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|§ 11-59-5. Issuance of subpoena

 To request issuance of a subpoena under this section, a party must submit a foreign subpoena to a clerk of court in the county in which discovery is sought to be conducted in this state. A request for the issuance of a subpoena under this chapter does not constitute an appearance in the courts of this state.   When a party submits a foreign subpoena to a clerk of court in this state, the clerk, in accordance with that court's procedure, shall promptly issue a subpoena for service upon the person to which the foreign subpoena is directed.   A subpoena under subsection (b) must:   Incorporate the terms used in the foreign subpoena; and   Contain or be accompanied by the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all counsel of record in the proceeding to which the subpoena relates and of any party not represented by counsel.
MS Code § 11-59-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 59 - Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|§ 11-59-7. Service of subpoena

 A subpoena issued by a clerk of court under Section 11-59-5 must be served in compliance with Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil Procedure.
MS Code § 11-59-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 59 - Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|§ 11-59-9. Deposition, production and inspection

 Rule 45 of the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 2.01 of the Uniform Rules of Circuit and County Court Practice apply to subpoenas issued under Section 11-59-5.
MS Code § 11-59-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 59 - Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|§ 11-59-11. Application to court

 An application to the court for a protective order or to enforce, quash or modify a subpoena issued by a clerk of court under Section 11-59-5 must comply with the rules or statutes of this state and be submitted to the court in the county in which discovery is to be conducted.
MS Code § 11-59-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 59 - Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|§ 11-59-13. Uniformity of application and construction

 In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
MS Code § 11-59-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 59 - Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act|§ 11-59-15. Application to pending actions

 This chapter applies to requests for discovery in cases pending on July 1, 2011.
MS Code § 11-62-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 62 - Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act|§ 11-62-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act."
MS Code § 11-62-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 62 - Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act|§ 11-62-3. Protected beliefs

 The sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions protected by this chapter are the belief or conviction that:   Marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman;   Sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage; and   Male (man) or female (woman) refer to an individual's immutable biological sex as objectively determined by anatomy and genetics at time of birth.
MS Code § 11-62-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 62 - Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act|§ 11-62-7. Discriminatory action defined

  As used in this chapter, discriminatory action includes any action taken by the state government to:   Alter in any way the tax treatment of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be assessed against, or deny, delay, revoke, or otherwise make unavailable an exemption from taxation of any person referred to in Section 11-62-5;   Disallow, deny or otherwise make unavailable a deduction for state tax purposes of any charitable contribution made to or by such person;   Withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, materially alter the terms or conditions of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny any state grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, or other similar benefit from or to such person;   Withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, materially alter the terms or conditions of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny any entitlement or benefit under a state benefit program from or to such person;   Impose, levy or assess a monetary fine, fee, penalty or injunction;   Withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, materially alter the terms or conditions of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny any license, certification, accreditation, custody award or agreement, diploma, grade, recognition, or other similar benefit, position, or status from or to any person; or   Refuse to hire or promote, force to resign, fire, demote, sanction, discipline, materially alter the terms or conditions of employment, or retaliate or take other adverse employment action against a person employed or commissioned by the state government.     The state government shall consider accredited, licensed or certified any person that would otherwise be accredited, licensed or certified, respectively, for any purposes under state law but for a determination against such person wholly or partially on the basis that the person believes, speaks or acts in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction described in Section 11-62-3.
MS Code § 11-62-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 62 - Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act|§ 11-62-9. Actions under chapter

  A person may assert a violation of this chapter as a claim against the state government in any judicial or administrative proceeding or as defense in any judicial or administrative proceeding without regard to whether the proceeding is brought by or in the name of the state government, any private person or any other party.   An action under this chapter may be commenced, and relief may be granted, in a court of the state without regard to whether the person commencing the action has sought or exhausted available administrative remedies.   Violations of this chapter which are properly governed by Chapter 46, Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be brought in accordance with that chapter.
MS Code § 11-62-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 62 - Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act|§ 11-62-11. Remedies

 An aggrieved person must first seek injunctive relief to prevent or remedy a violation of this chapter or the effects of a violation of this chapter. If injunctive relief is granted by the court and the injunction is thereafter violated, then and only then may the aggrieved party, subject to the limitations of liability set forth in Section 11-46-15, seek the following:   Compensatory damages for pecuniary and nonpecuniary losses;   Reasonable attorneys' fees and costs; and   Any other appropriate relief, except that only declaratory relief and injunctive relief shall be available against a private person not acting under color of state law upon a successful assertion of a claim or defense under this chapter.
MS Code § 11-62-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure|Chapter 62 - Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act|§ 11-62-13. Limitations period

 A person must bring an action to assert a claim under this chapter not later than two (2) years after the date that the person knew or should have known that a discriminatory action was taken against that person.