BP Oil Lingering on Gulf Coast Floor Could Pose Long-Term Risk September 22, 2011 By Jay Reeves Tar balls washed onto Gulf of Mexico beaches by Tropical Storm Lee earlier this month show that oil left over...
Bill Would Funnel Fines Paid by BP to Gulf States September 21, 2011 U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss) say they are hopeful that a key Senate committee will this...
U.S. Report Pins Most Blame for Gulf Oil Spill on BP September 15, 2011 By Anna Driver and Ayesha Rascoe The United States heaped the lion’s share of blame for the country’s biggest ever offshore oil spill on BP Wednesday...
Damages Ruling May Be Pivotal in BP Gulf Oil Case September 6, 2011 By Moira Herbst A key court ruling in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill litigation could change the landscape in the massive case...
Judge Allows Punitive Damage Claims for Gulf Oil Spill to Move Ahead August 29, 2011 Plaintiff lawyers claimed a victory on Friday when a U.S. federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits against BP and others...
Alabama County Proceeding with Own Spill Claim Against BP August 22, 2011 Baldwin County, Alabama commissioners have voted to proceed with an $11.95 million damages claim against oil giant BP involving last...
Judge Tosses Racketeering Claims vs. BP Over Oil Spill July 18, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel and Moira Herbst BP Plc won two legal victories Friday, as a federal judge threw out racketeering claims made by the lead plaintiffs...
Gulf Oil Spill Claims Fund Too Slow: U.S. Attorney General July 1, 2011 By Verna Gates The fund oil firm BP set up to deal with compensation claims after last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill...
Judge Blocks Sierra Club from Lawsuit Against BP July 1, 2011 By Harry Weber A federal magistrate judge has refused to allow the Sierra Club to join a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department...
BP Reaches Deal with Weatherford Over Gulf Oil Spill Costs June 21, 2011 BP has reached agreement with Weatherford U.S., L.P. to settle potential claims between the companies related to the Deepwater Horizon...