Florida's hospitality industry seeks legal help with oil–spill compensation Orlando Sentinel … BP PLC for revenue lost to the giant Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying the claims process is too complicated for individual businesses to navigate alone. … Gulf oil spill: Engineers grapple with new complicationsLos Angeles Times (blog) How reporters mangle science on Gulf oilCNN Spill panel probes Obama's decision to drill moreThe Associated Press Telegraph.co.uk –Wall Street Journal –CNET all 2,457 news articles »
Op-ed: King's oil spill suit a 'risky legal move' Legal News Line … suing BP and others over the Gulf oil spill. King, who says the oil company has broken too many promises about accepting responsibility for the disaster… Governor Riley Issues Exec. Order Concerning Lawyers and BPWNCF Alabama state files suit against oil spill firmsMorning Star Online Alabama AG Sues BP, Transocean, Halliburton For “Catastrophic” Gulf Oil SpillWall Street Pit (blog) Daily Home Online –Courthouse News Service all 532 news articles »
Gov. Riley's order limits attorneys fees in Alabama's oil spill suit Legal News Line The attorney general described the spill as "the largest legal disaster ever encountered," and said the state would be working for years to rebuild its … Alabama AG sues BP, others over Gulf oil spillThe Associated Press Alabama state files suit against oil spill firmsMorning Star Online Alabama AG Sues BP, Transocean, Halliburton For “Catastrophic” Gulf Oil SpillWall Street Pit (blog) Daily Home Online –What Investment –CITY A.M. all 522 news articles »
Legal oil spill work is heading to New Orleans Houston Chronicle Macondo spilled almost 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico after the April 20 blowout that destroyed the Deepwater Horizon. … BP Oil Spill UpdateHuffington Post (blog) BP Gulf Oil–Spill Lawsuits to Be Consolidated in New Orleans Federal CourtBloomberg Gulf oil spill: BP still needs bottom kill to seal Macondo wellExaminer.com New York Times –The Associated Press –CNN all 5,447 news articles »
Full Scope of Legal Action Against BP Starts to Emerge AOL News BP and its partners in the Deepwater Horizon venture prefer Houston, where BP's American headquarters, Transocean and Halliburton are all located. … Federal records show steady stream of oil spills in gulf since 1964Washington Post Oil workers evacuate Deepwater Horizon site as Tropical Storm Bonnie approachesMiamiHerald.com Bonnie to reach Deepwater Horizon site SaturdayCNBC Wink News –New York Times –Sky News all 7,135 news articles »
Legal analysts say criminal charges likely In BP oil spill
NEW ORLEANS – As civil lawsuits mount, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has assigned a group of federal prosecutors to monitor the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster and determine if any laws were broken before or after the rig explosion. The prosecutors are assessing environmental damage and other factors. Legal analysts say that could lead to a full blown criminal investigation into the BP … Read more on WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans
Legal bickering begins in Transocean liability case
HOUSTON – Dozens of lawyers gathered in a federal courtroom Tuesday as the owner of the doomed Deepwater Horizon rig asked a judge to limit its liability. Houston-based Transocean claims it is responsible for just .7 million, citing an 1851 law that states the owner of a sunken vessel is liable only for the vessel’s value after an accident. U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison heard arguments … Read more on 11 News Houston
Legal experts: BP low-balling flow rate estimates for legal reasons
For weeks many have wondered why BP wouldn’t allow outsiders to view the uninterrupted underwater video feed of the busted well pumping oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The well came loose after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig the company leased from Transocean. Read more on The Newsroom via Yahoo! News
Environmental lawyer, Rick Kuykendall of Fairhope, AL joins Legal Broadcast Network to discuss the BP Oil Spill disaster and the legal issues surrounding this environmental disaster. BP has huge legal and liability issues and Rick Kuykendall is one of the nations leading lawyers and is part of the Gulf Oil Disaster Recovery Group, a consortium of the nations leading environmental and liability attorneys. This two part discussion looks at how the BP Oil disaster occurred, what is happening right now on the clean up, as well as the political and legal issues surrounding the clean up as well. If you are a property owner, fisherman, lawyer or concerned citizen looking to learn more about the BP Oil spill, watch these two videos and go to Legal Broadcast Network each week for further updates and news.
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