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Hood files scathing brief in BP MDL
Hood Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is arguing that citizens of his state are incapable of resolving their oil spill claims, according to Gulf Coast Claims Facility administrator Kenneth Feinberg.
Barbier reins in Florida real estate developer
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier rebuked owners of Florida real estate developer St. Joe Company, who tried twice to escape his jurisdiction in litigation over the Deepwater Horizion explosion.
Oil spill lawyers grapple for fees in Barbier's court
Barbier NEW ORLEANS – Former teammates in oil spill litigation grapple for $1,166,125 in fees, and U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier will handle it in secrecy.
Oil exploration companies want stay vacated so drilling can begin
Feldman On March 15, four days before U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman would have required him to issue permits to oil and gas explorers, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and won a stay.
BP directors say shareholders should sue in England
Thomas HOUSTON – BP shareholders suing individual directors over the Deepwater Horizon explosion should have sued in Great Britain, according to the directors.
Barbier boils down plaintiff steering committee's claim notice
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier pulled the punches from a public notice his plaintiff steering committee composed about the Deepwater Horizon explosion.
Insurance issues surface in BP oil spill litigation
Haycraft NEW ORLEANS – Below the surface of lawsuits blaming oil company BP for the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, tremors of insurance disputes begin to roll.
State and local governments claim economic hardship over Obama's drilling moratorium
Strange NEW ORLEANS – States and local governments blaming oil company BP for damage from the Deepwater Horizon explosion now blame BP for damage from the drilling moratorium President Obama imposed after the explosion.
Feinberg questions Barbier's authority over claims facility
Pitofsky Some say BP hired Kenneth Feinberg as chief of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, and some say President Barack Obama hired him, but Feinberg fears he works for the Department of Barbier.
Plaintiff Steering Committee wants Barbier to approve class action notice in BP MDL
Barbier NEW ORLEANS – Plaintiff lawyers leading litigation over the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill have found a short cut to their goal of pursuing class actions.
Gulf drilling can resume in 30 days, judge rules
Deep drilling in the Gulf of Mexico must resume in 30 days, U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman ruled on Feb. 17.
Lawyers want Barbier to rewrite order preventing them from suing Deepwater captain and crew
Itkin Houston lawyers want U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier to rewrite a Houston judge's order that keeps them from suing the captain and crew of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.
Becnel challenges Barbier's authority over GCCF
Becnel NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana lawyer Danny Becnel challenges the authority of U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier over Gulf Coast Claims Facility chief Ken Feinberg.
BP shareholders protest Barbier order to Ellison
Barbier HOUSTON – In a test of strength between judges presiding over claims from the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, lawyers prod one to repeal the other's rules.
Shareholders: One more disaster and it's lights out for BP
Ajamie HOUSTON - One more disaster could spell the end for oil company BP, shareholders warn in federal litigation over losses from the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill.
Barbier's order takes control of BP trust fund
Barbier NEW ORLEANS – U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier seized jurisdiction over a $16 billion trust fund for oil spill damage claims.
Barbier says no to separating state and federal government claims from private suits
Caldwell U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier rejected pleas from the federal government and 15 states to separate their suits over the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill from private civil suits.
Supreme Court rejects work comp claim
Louisiana Supreme Court Justices rejected a workers' compensation claim because they didn't believe the worker's story.
State AGs resist plaintiff steering committee in BP litigation
McDaniel NEW ORLEANS – Fifteen states join Louisiana and Mississippi in resisting representation by the plaintiff steering committee U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier picked to lead litigation over the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.
Power struggle emerges over oil spill claims procedures
Becnel Leaders in litigation over the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill grabbed for power over $17 billion without making sure their followers would back them up.