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Government delays document production in BP litigation; Napolitano lacks email is cited as one reason
Napolitano NEW ORLEANS – Homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano lacks an electronic mail account, the Obama Administration offers as one of many excuses for delays in producing documents about the Deepwater Horizon explosion. -
BP shareholders urge Barbier to keep claims in U.S.
Ajamie HOUSTON – BP stands for British petroleum but BP directors should face American justice, shareholders suing over losses from the Deepwater Horizon explosion believe. -
Transocean wants claims of five who took Fifth dismissed
Miller NEW ORLEANS – Deepwater Horizon oil rig owner Transocean claims workers hid behind the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions about their injuries. -
Halliburton says BP hid information about failed oil well in new suit
Godwin Halliburton Energy Services Inc. filed an amended lawsuit against BP, claiming the oil company hid critical information about the failed Macondo well that led to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oilrig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. -
New Orleans and Mississippi law firms merge to form one of largest on Gulf Coast
The New Orleans-based Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre LLP will merge with Jackson, Miss. firm Watkins Ludlam Winters & Stennis P.A. on January1 to form one of the largest firms in the Gulf Coast. -
Claims can still be presented against BP, Barbier rules
Barbier NEW ORLEANS – Private parties suing over losses from the Deepwater Horizon explosion can continue litigating even if they haven't presented claims to BP as the Oil Pollution Act requires, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier decided on Aug. 26. -
Truck stop facility sues BP for not capping oil well
A Louisiana company that was in the process of building a truck stop facility has filed a lawsuit against BP for failing to properly cap an oil wellhead which allegedly resulted in delayed construction and increased environmental cleanup costs. -
BP says Louisiana has responded to just five of 70 documents requests
Langan BP attorneys have formally complained about the State of Louisiana's "lack of compliance with BP's Phase One document requests" in a letter filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. -
Payments for oyster harvesters increased under new GCCF guidelines
Pitofsky The Gulf Coast Claims Facility recently unveiled new guidelines for anyone filing a claim in connection to the 2010 BP oil spill. Now, some oyster harvesters in Louisiana are eligible to receive seven times the sum of their losses due to the spill. -
Feinberg urges Barbier to reject call for special master
Feinberg Paying oil spill claims on an honor basis sounds generous to a fault, but Gulf Coast Claims Facility administrator Kenneth Feinberg plans to keep doing it. -
Alaskan litigants must join BP shareholder suit in Houston
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – BP shareholders seeking derivative damages from directors and officers in Alaska state court must join national litigation in Houston, Superior Court Judge Sharon Gleason decided on Aug. 15. -
Second round of cement testing possible in oil spill MDL
Barbier U.S. Attorney Steve Overholt announced that the federal government is considering a second round of tests on the drilling cement used on the Deepwater Horizon oilrig, which exploded and sank in April 2010. -
Mississippi AG and Feinberg spar in state court
Hood Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood and Golf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) Administrator are sparring in Mississippi state court, according to an Associated Press report. -
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 attorney criticizes plaintiff attorneys' mode of questioning in oil spill depositions
Langan BP attorney Andrew Langan called plaintiff attorney questions have been "repetitive, irrelevant, and sometimes harassing" during depositions of BP witnesses. -
BP sued over seaman's crushed finger
After his finger was crushed by a falling engine, a seaman has filed a lawsuit against his employer for allegedly not providing the proper equipment to hold up the engine. -
Barbier describes rough outline of BP oil spill liability trial
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier today gave an idea of the structure for the first liability trial in the BP oil spill multidistrict litigation (MDL) set to take place in February 2012. -
Barbier considers appointment of BOP supervisor
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier has signed an order outlying provision for the possible appointment of a Master for Supervision of Custody of the failed blowout preventer (BOP) which led to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. -
Senate bill to divert 80 percent of BP funds to Gulf Coast restoration up for vote
Vitter Legislation that would divert the majority of federal fines levied against BP for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill to Gulf Coast restoration is up for a vote in the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.