Supreme Court: BP must pay claims during appeal
The justices today let stand without comment lower court refusals to halt payments while BP PLC appeals lower court rulings that businesses don't have to prove they were directly harmed by the spill to...
View ArticleJudge: BP’s reckless conduct caused Gulf oil spill
BP bears the majority of responsibility among the companies involved in the nation's worst offshore oil spill, a federal judge ruled Thursday, citing the energy giant's reckless conduct in a ruling...
View ArticleSettlement corruption investigation conference
Targets of an investigation of alleged corruption within the settlement program for compensating victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be in federal court today.
View ArticleBP’s Gulf oil spill costs approach $50 billion
BP PLC estimated in 2010 that it faced about $40 billion in potential liabilities from the Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 workers and spilled oil into the Gulf of Mexico for months.
View ArticleBusinesses won’t have to return BP spill payouts
BP argued that a flawed funding formula enabled nearly 800 businesses to overestimate their spill-related claims.
View ArticleOil spill lawyers to defend themselves at hearing
Lawyers accused of wrongdoing in the handling of damage claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill are expected to testify today before a federal judge.
View ArticleJudge sticks to BP gross negligence ruling
A federal judge in New Orleans is sticking to his ruling that said BP's conduct in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster amounted to "gross negligence."
View ArticleJudge: 3 million barrels discharged after 2010 BP spill
The amount of oil discharged into the Gulf of Mexico as a result of a 2010 rig explosion was more than BP estimated, but less than the government calculated, a federal judge determined Thursday in a...
View ArticleBP appeal seeks ouster of claims administrator
BP is trying again to force the ouster of the administrator of claims arising from a settlement reached with businesses claiming economic harm from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
View ArticleBP ends attempt to oust oil spill claims administrator
BP abruptly ended its efforts to remove the administrator of claims arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying Friday that it is satisfied with efforts to improve fraud prevention and...
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