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Miss. Speaker candidate baffled at AG Hood's re-election
Gunn JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi's Republican candidate for House speaker says he can't figure out why voters re-elected state Attorney General Jim Hood to a third term. -
Transocean pleads for Barbier to enforce indemnity provisions with BP
Miller NEW ORLEANS – Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean launched an emotional attack on rig operator BP on Nov. 3, as its lawyers called on U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier to enforce indemnity provisions in a drilling contract with BP. -
Oil spill steering committee cites espirit d'corps and positive morale; Seeks escrow for millions in settlements
Lawyers anticipating hundreds of millions in fees from litigation over the Deepwater Horizon explosion propose to start raising it right away with a six percent assessment on settlements. -
Maker of blow-out preventer wants Hayward's congressional testimony excluded
Barbier Testimony of former BP chief Tony Hayward before Congress shouldn't count as evidence in a trial allocating fault for the Deepwater Horizon explosion, according to blowout prevention contractor Cameron International. -
Louisiana complies with discovery order in oil spill MDL
Caldwell The State of Louisiana has complied with a federal judge's order to turn over documents relating to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and will not face thousands of dollars in daily fines or dismissal of its claims. -
Boat owners claim BP owes more than $600 million already paid
Haycraft NEW ORLEANS – Boat owners who made $600 million cleaning the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon explosion claim BP owes them much more. -
BP directors object to conditions of suit transfer to England
Ellison HOUSTON - BP directors who won a court order sending shareholder suits to England have rejected conditions that shareholders wanted to impose before crossing the sea. -
Feinberg urges BP to compensate companies for drilling moratorium
Feinberg Gulf Coast Claims Facility Administrator Kenneth Feinberg urged BP this week to pay more than 1,500 claims from subcontractors affected by last year's five-month-long drilling moratorium. -
BP and Transocean want evidence of U.S. government's role introduced in oil spill litigation
Underhill NEW ORLEANS – Deepwater Horizon operator BP and rig owner Transocean, trading blame for last year's oil spill, aim to drag Uncle Sam into the dispute. -
Rig workers who pleaded the Fifth settle claims with Transocean
Miller Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean and five workers settled personal injury suits that the workers undercut by pleading Fifth Amendment privilege against self incrimination. -
Judge orders Louisiana to produce oil spill-related documents to BP
U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan has ordered the state of Louisiana to turn over discovery documents requested by BP, or face daily fines and the possible dismissal of the state's claims against the oil company. -
Anadarko agrees to pay $4 billion to GCCF to settle oil spill claims
Barbier BP has announced that Anadarko, one of its partners in the failed Macondo oil well that led to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, has agreed to pay $4 billion into the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) to settle the claims between the two companies. -
BP shareholders consider ruling moving lawsuits to English court
Ellison HOUSTON - Pension funds and other BP shareholders suing directors over the Deepwater Horizon explosion haven't decided whether to obey or appeal an order to move their action from federal court in Texas to the English High Court. -
Oil spill claims adjuster files age discrimination lawsuit
Dalia An oil spill claims adjuster has filed age discrimination lawsuit against his employer after he was included in a group of older employees who were terminated. -
Barbier dismisses 66 oil spill suits; Plaintiffs claimed water used to extinguish rig caused it to sink
Barbier NEW ORLEANS – Owners of vessels that fought the fire from the Deepwater Horizon explosion owe nothing to those who suffered damage from the oil spill that followed, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier decided on Oct. 12. -
Paramedic sues BP after suffering injuries when Fast Boat hits wave
A paramedic working offshore for BP has filed a lawsuit that claims he was severely injured due to the lack of safety restraints aboard a Fast Boat. -
BP shareholder suits in court Nov. 4 on motions to dismiss
Taylor HOUSTON – U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison will hear motions to dismiss three groups of Deepwater Horizon suits from BP shareholders at hearings on Nov. 4. -
Barbier: BP cleanup contractors are immune only if directed by government
Barbier NEW ORLEANS – BP contractors who cleaned up after the Deepwater Horizon explosion can't share the government's immunity from personal injury suits unless they prove they took direction from the government and not from BP, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled on Sept. 30. -
Judge stays lawsuit against actor Stephen Baldwin over oil spill cleanup technology
Baldwin A New Orleans federal judge has stayed a liability lawsuit against actor Stephen Baldwin over oil spill cleanup technology the actor claims he was tricked into selling. -
Shareholders must sue BP under British law, judge rules
HOUSTON – Shareholders who sued BP directors in American courts under British law must pursue their claims in London, U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison ruled on Sept. 15.