May 11, 2015
A U.S. federal appeals court said on Friday BP Plc deserves the right to appellate review of some damage claims awarded to people and businesses in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The decision by the 5th …
September 11, 2013
BP Plc’s oil-spill claims administrator shouldn’t be allowed to extend a settlement to cover the claims of losses caused by the Obama administration’s deep-water drilling ban, the company told a court. Lawyers for businesses claiming harm from the 2010 spill …
September 8, 2013
An investigation led by former FBI Director Louis Freeh cleared the BP claims administrator of misconduct in handling settlement payouts from the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, but found some of his staff took kickbacks …
August 28, 2013
BP Plc lost a renewed bid to suspend payments from the court-supervised program administering its settlement of claims tied to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. An investigation of alleged wrongdoing at the Mobile, Alabama, claims assistance center didn’t …
August 27, 2013
BP Plc’s allegations of misconduct in the program set up to pay claims in the settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill were called unfounded by the administrator of the program. Patrick Juneau, the administrator, yesterday asked U.S. …
August 8, 2013
BP Plc must pay $130 million to a court-appointed administrator overseeing payments to thousands of people who claimed they were hurt by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, in a fresh legal setback …
July 19, 2013
A federal judge denied BP Plc’s attempt to suspend payments to people and businesses claiming damages related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, while an investigator —— former FBI Director Louis Freeh— looks into possible misconduct in the …
July 17, 2013
BP Plc asked a federal judge to temporarily halt payments from the court-supervised settlement program set up after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill while Louis Freeh investigates possible misconduct. BP filed its request for an emergency halt to …
July 12, 2013
The medical benefits portion of BP Plc’s settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is “substantively unfair” and approval of the accord should be reversed, lawyers opposing the agreement told an appeals court. The settlement, reached last year …
July 2, 2013
Until this year, Tampa attorney Kevin McLean specialized in suing nursing homes for neglecting patients. In January he switched the focus of his practice to a fund BP Plc established to compensate business losses from the 2010 oil spill in …