Appeals Court to Fast-Track BP’s Bid to Halt Gulf Oil Spill Payments January 3, 2014 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk BP Plc’s bid to block economic-loss payments tied to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill unless the claims can...
Judge Rejects BP Complaint Over Proof of Economic Losses from Gulf Oil Spill December 27, 2013 By Jef Feeley and Laurel Brubaker Calkins BP Plc lost a bid to require businesses to provide proof their economic losses were caused by the 2010 Gulf...
Judge Blocks BP Investors from Suing as Group Over Losses December 9, 2013 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk BP Plc’s U.S. investors can’t pursue as a group claims that the company inflated its shares with misleading statements before...
BP Exposed Neighbors to Toxic Gases, Jury Told at Trial End October 8, 2013 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk BP Plc deliberately exposed neighbors of a Texas refinery to tons of cancer-causing gases and then misled regulators and community...
BP Opposes Using Spill Settlement to Pay Drilling Moratorium Losses September 11, 2013 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk BP Plc’s oil-spill claims administrator shouldn’t be allowed to extend a settlement to cover the claims of losses caused by...
Military Contractor KBR Seeks Immunity from Soldiers’ Toxic Exposure Claims September 5, 2013 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk KBR Inc. is invoking federal laws shielding contractors during wartime in an effort to avoid a Texas trial over injuries...
Court Reverses OK for BP to Access Transocean Insurance to Pay Oil Spill Costs August 29, 2013 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk A U.S. appeals court withdrew its decision finding BP Plc had access to $750 million in Transocean Ltd.’s insurance to...
Gulf Oil Spill Claims Chief Disputes BP Misconduct Charges August 27, 2013 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk BP Plc’s allegations of misconduct in the program set up to pay claims in the settlement over the 2010 Gulf...
BP Gulf Oil Victims Challenge Economic Damages Claim Settlements July 16, 2013 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk BP Plc’s $8.2 billion settlement of most private economic-damage claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is unfair...
Some Victims Appeal Medical Benefits in BP Oil Spill Settlement as ‘Unfair’ July 12, 2013 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk The medical benefits portion of BP Plc’s settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is “substantively unfair” and...