Trump Plan Would Open Almost All Coast to Offshore Drilling October 24, 2025 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy The Trump administration is readying a proposal to open almost all US coastal waters to new offshore oil drilling despite...
Court OKs One BP Shareholder Class Action But Denies Another September 8, 2015 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins BP Plc must face institutional investors’ claims for more than $2.5 billion in market losses caused by the plunge in...
BP to Pay $18.7B Over 18 Years to Settle Spill Claims with 5 States, U.S. July 2, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson BP Plc has agreed to a preliminary deal in which it will pay a record $18.7 billion to settle claims...
BP Settles Gulf Oil Spill Cross Claims with Halliburton, Transocean May 21, 2015 BP Plc has settled with oilfield services provider Halliburton Co. and contract driller Transocean Ltd. cross claims related to the...
Florida Study Finds Recreational Fishermen Lost $585M in Gulf Oil Spill September 11, 2014 Recreational anglers who normally fish in the Gulf lost up to $585 million from lost fishing opportunities in the year...
BP Wants Business to Repay ‘Windfall’ Oil Spill Claim Overayments June 30, 2014 By Jonathan Stempel BP Plc has asked a U.S. judge to direct what it called a “vast number” of businesses to repay hundreds...
Judge Orders BP Claimant, Lawyers to Return $357K Award May 1, 2014 By Kevin McGill A federal judge in New Orleans has ruled that a $357,000 payment in a damage claim from the 2010 BP...
Claims, Oil and Resentments Linger Four Years After BP Oil Spill April 21, 2014 By Jemima Kelly Four years after the Deepwater Horizon spill, oil is still washing up on the long sandy beaches of Grand Isle,...
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...
Court Grants BP Review of Disputed Claims Paid to Gulf Oil Spill Victims October 3, 2013 By Jef Feeley and Margaret Cronin Fisk BP Plc persuaded an appeals court to order a re-examination of key terms of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil-spill...