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Lloyd's and others resist BP's bid for coverage
Dicharry NEW ORLEANS – Insurers who covered pollution claims against Deepwater Horizon owner Transocean insist they didn't cover pollution claims against rig operator BP.
Becnel sticks up for Feinberg in oil spill litigation
Feinberg NEW ORLEANS – Gulf Coast Claims Facility administrator Kenneth Feinberg doesn't need to defend himself from attacks as long as Louisiana lawyer Danny Becnel can do it.
BP stock up 60 percent; Company responds to employee class action
Taylor HOUSTON – While BP employees complain that the company's disregard for safety drove down the value of their stock plans, they watch their stock plans grow.
Texas lawyer Watts represents 44,510 clients in BP litigation
Watts NEW ORLEANS – Mikal Watts of Corpus Christi, Texas, represents an astonishing total of 44,510 clients preparing for the first trial over the Deepwater Horizon explosion, according to a report U.S. District Judge Barbier received on July 6.
Magistrate vacates order that called on YouTube and The Daily to pull Hayward clips
Mince NEW ORLEANS – In swift victory for free speech, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan confessed she lacked authority to pull video clips of testimony from former BP chief Tony Hayward from websites YouTube and The Daily.
Oil spill claimants to invoke Fifth in criminal investigation
Buzbee NEW ORLEANS – Three men who claimed orthopedic and emotional injuries from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion seek protection from criminal investigations.
BP Plaintiff Steering Committee having trouble with responses: 'Authority' is 'vague' and 'ambiguous'
Duffy NEW ORLEANS - Lawyers leading litigation over the Deepwater Horizon explosion can't wriggle out of answers to sharp questions, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan decided on June 24.
Texas judge rules BP shareholder pollution suits belong in England
Taylor HOUSTON – As BP pleads in federal court that shareholder suits over the Deepwater Horizon explosion belong in England, Galveston County District Judge John Ellisor rules that shareholder suits over pollution in Texas City belong in England.
Transocean lawyers push for production of med records
Buzbee NEW ORLEANS – Seven workers claiming orthopedic and emotional injuries from the Deepwater Horizon explosion won't let their employer examine their bodies or minds.
Widow settles claims against BP, Transocean and others
Bickford Deepwater Horizon widow Natalie Roshto, who sued rig owner Transocean and BP a day after the explosion, has settled her claims.
Barbier dismisses citizens' master complaint
Haycraft Citizen suits for injunctions against Deepwater Horizon defendants stopped when the oil spill stopped, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled on June 16.
Cameron and Dril-Quip argue for jury trials in oil spill litigation
Wittmann Two lonely little voices plead for U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier to hold jury trials in litigation over the Deepwater Horizon explosion.
Shareholder class predicts BP will pay more than $40 billion for explosion
Yetter HOUSTON – BP will pay more than $40 billion for the Deepwater Horizon explosion, public pension funds of New York and Ohio predicted on June 6.
Amended BP investor class action is rife with redaction
Ajamie HOUSTON – Retired investors suing BP over the Deepwater Horizon explosion claim to know what caused it, but the keys to their theory remain secret.
MOEX cuts loss by $935 million in BP trust fund
Boles When U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan ordered BP to deliver documents to minority owners of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, she dealt the company a double defeat.
Texas lawyer Coon adds 'first responder' plaintiffs in BP litigation
NEW ORLEANS – Brent Coon of Beaumont asserts claims for 125 clients in a potential class action over chemical effects of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and cleanup.
Hundreds of witnesses expected at BP trial; Deepwater Horizon captain to take the Fifth
Barbier NEW ORLEANS – Lawyers litigating the Deepwater Horizon explosion have identified hundreds of witnesses for a trial in February, but the star of the show won't perform.
Shareholders knew risks of oil and gas business, BP argues in shareholders class action
Taylor HOUSTON– BP shareholders knew they invested in risky business, company directors argue in a bid to stop a class action over losses from the Deepwater Horizon explosion.
BP commits $1 billion to early restoration projects
Barbier NEW ORLEANS – BP, five states, and the United States signed a deal over Deepwater Horizon oil spill damage that should lighten the load of U.S District Judge Carl Barbier.
Mexican states seek standing in BP MDL
Serna NEW ORLEANS – Three Mexican states claim equal standing with American states in suing BP over the Deepwater Horizon explosion