At Hearing in Boise, Plaintiffs' Lawyers Race Against Time Wall Street Journal (blog) … was ticking today in Boise as more than 200 lawyers gathered to argue over the setting for the colossal litigation against BP for the Gulf oil spill. … Legal fallout from Gulf oil spill as massive as the catastrophe itselfSeattle Times Southern cities vie to be center of oil-spill legal casesLos Angeles Times Attorneys Want Oil Spill Suits Brought To Court Near GulfWDSU New Orleans Pittsburgh Post Gazette –Reuters all 326 news articles »
Lawyers, Far From Gulf, Skirmish on Spill Claims New York Times Blog posts about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But Boise is where the federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation was scheduled to meet this … BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stageReuters At Hearing in Boise, Plaintiffs' Lawyers Race Against TimeWall Street Journal (blog) Gulf Oil Spill Hearing Begins ThursdayVoice of America The Associated Press –WDSU New Orleans –Bloomberg all 247 news articles »
BP Should Provide Details of Billion Gulf Oil Spill Fund, Lawyers Say Bloomberg … protect and replenish a billion fund dedicated to paying cleanup and damage claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, lawyers suing the company said … Spill fund chief: working only for victimsThe Associated Press Oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg says difficult issues will be …NOLA.com Feinberg: BP bankruptcy would be a 'monumental tragedy'NECN Los Angeles Times (blog) –The BLT: Blog of Legal Times –al.com (blog) all 677 news articles »
Fifty days into the Gulf oil spill, officials still don’t have a firm answer on how much oil is escaping from the damaged well or how long it could continue. Jim Lehrer talks to environmental law professors Tracy Hester of the University of Houston and Noah Hall, of Wayne State University, about the legal ramifications of the spill for BP. Video Rating: 4 / 5
Special Report: BP oil spill a gusher for lawyers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – From a legal perspective, BP’s Deepwater Horizon blowout and the 1989 grounding of the Exxon Valdez are in many respects night and day. Read more on Reuters
Fighting The Oil Spill On Google: BP Versus The Lawyers
As oil-poisoned pelicans are found on Gulf shorelines, lawyers and British Petroleum are looking to Google for help gaining public awareness. Attorneys are primed and ready to line up plaintiffs who were harmed by the oil spill that killed 11 people and threatens the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. Read more on Search Engine Land
Jury’s out on edge for lawyers who’ve battled BP before
Though lawyers all along the Gulf Coast and from environmental groups nationwide have sued BP over the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Southeast Texas has a group of lawyers who’ve sued BP before, repeatedly. Read more on Houston Chronicle
Gulf oil spill: Lawyers joust for clients Los Angeles Times (blog) The ruling was hailed by the fishermen's legal team, the Gulf Oil Disaster Recovery Group, as a “first major victory” on behalf of those affected by the … Gulf Oil Disaster – Beneath the WavesTucson Citizen Obama: Govt Committed To Preventing Economic Damage In GulfWall Street Journal Gulf Oil Spill Is Bad, but How Bad?New York Times USA Today –Victoria Times Colonist –CultureMap all 8,790 news articles »