WEST HARTFORD, CT--(Marketwire - May 18, 2010) - The law firm of Izard Nobel LLP, which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of BancorpSouth, Inc. ("BancorpSouth" or the "Company") (NYSE: BXS) between July 23, 2009 and February 25, 2010, inclusive (the "Class Period").