Plaintiffs' Lawyers in a Bitter Dispute Over Fees in Gulf Oil Spill Cases New York Times A version of this article appeared in print on December 4, 2011, on page A30 of the New York edition with the headline: Plaintiffs' Lawyers in a Bitter Dispute Over Fees in Gulf Oil Spill Cases.
Federal Judge Rules State Laws Cannot be Used in Gulf Oil Spill Damages Cases AllGov … cannot rely on state laws to recover damages for the August 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill accident. But the states may use federal statutes to collect monies from companies found responsible in federal courts for the environmental disaster. … Environment: Ready for another Gulf oil disaster?Summit County Citizens Voice BP loses 2 big Gulf oil spill rulingsThe Associated Press From The Oil Disaster Frontlines; Victory Up North As The Battle Rages In The GulfNatural Resources Defense Council (blog) BusinessWeek –bestofneworleans.com –Examiner.com all 323 news articles »
Liability Issues Abound in Oil Spill Cases Courthouse News Service NEW ORLEANS (CN) – A federal judge on Friday granted Transocean's motion to intervene in its insurance carriers' obligations toward BP, Anadarko and MOEX, in a status conference on the explosion of Transocean's Deepwater Horizon oil … Oil spill? Not that you can see from this Gulf Coast resortVancouver Sun BP Wins Right For More Tests On Rig's Failed Blowout Preventer – APGCaptain (press release)
Louisiana, Texas and Florida Lawyers to Lead BP Oil–Spill Cases BusinessWeek The case is In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010. MDL-2179, US District Courts, Eastern District of … Gulf Coast attorneys to lead US oil spill lawsuitsReuters Canada Judge postpones trial in Gulf oil spill casesPicayune Item Oil lawsuit judge picks 15 lawyers for lead rolesThe Associated Press AllGov –Courthouse News Service –The Washington Independent all 202 news articles »
Judge postpones trial in Gulf oil spill cases BusinessWeek A federal judge agreed Wednesday to postpone a trial designed to assign percentages of fault to the companies sued over the massive Gulf oil spill. … Conflicts, low estimate of oil amount blamed for slow reaction to Gulf spillNOLA.com Panel catalogs many White House missteps on gulf oil spillBoston Globe Panel Blasts Government On Gulf Oil Spill ResponseNPR NECN –BBC News –Wall Street Journal all 1,657 news articles »
Judge asked to postpone trial for Gulf spill cases The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Some of the companies sued over the massive Gulf oil spill are asking a federal judge to postpone until 2012 a trial designed to assign … Salazar says US energy policy has failed — unveils new rulesThe Colorado Independent
Gap grows between rich and poor…Gulf oil spill leads to more depression cases NECN (AP) — A new survey suggests the Gulf oil spill has had a lasting effect on the psyche of some residents in the region. A Gallup survey released today … Spill panel presses BP on response planWashington Post Gulf Oil Spill Point Man Calls for Changes to Law for Future ResponseVoice of America At Oil Spill Hearing, Calls For New Response PlanNPR The Guardian –Los Angeles Times –The Associated Press all 2,113 news articles »
Feds establish downtown bunker to build criminal. civil cases against BP in … NOLA.com Defense attorneys hired by various parties involved in the Gulf oil disaster are on edge, expecting Stewart to go for a big score and charge individuals, …
BP, Spill Victims Clash at First New Orleans Hearing on Combined Cases Bloomberg BP and other companies being sued over the April explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig should begin pretrial information exchanges next month, … Initial federal court hearing in BP oil spill is this afternoonNOLA.com National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore DrillingTrading Markets (press release) Oil spill cleanup producing mixed messagesTampabay.com BusinessWeek –National Geographic –USA Today all 3,257 news articles »
BP Loses Bid To Force Judge's Recusal From Deepwater Horizon Cases Gulf Coast Maritime When the first Deepwater Horizon cases were assigned to Judge Barbier, he owned debt instruments issued by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., and Transocean … 5th Circuit refuses to bar judge from spill suitsHouston Chronicle Court Won't Bar Judge From Oil Spill CasesCourthouse News Service