British Petroleum
Recent News About British Petroleum
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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. -
Workers sue oil spill cleanup contractors claiming they were under paid
Derbes Fifteen employees of DRC Emergency Services and DRC Marine have filed a lawsuit against the companies claiming they were not paid the hourly wages they were promised. -
Florida lawsuit against GCCF removed to federal court
Feinberg A Florida state lawsuit against Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) Administrator Kenneth Feinberg has been removed to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. -
Plaintiffs challenge GCCF's OPA compliance filed in BP oil spill MDL
Feinberg A motion filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana claims that the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) fails to comply with the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) in how it administers payments to victims of the 2010 BP oil spill. -
BP denied access to White House emails in oil spill litigation
Gasaway U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan has denied a request by BP attorneys to obtain emails sent by a former adviser to President Barack Obama during the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. -
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. -
Barbier orders Anadarko-BP dispute to arbitration
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ordered that claims brought on by Anadarko against its partner BP in the failed Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico need to be settled in arbitration. -
Barbier dismisses RICO claims in BP MDL
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier issued an order dismissing claims brought under the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) against BP and its partners for their involvement in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. -
Barbier impressed by cooperation in BP MDL discovery process
Barbier Speaking at a status conference for the BP oil spill multidistrict litigation (MDL), U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier said he had never seen a discovery process on a similar scale. -
Sierra Club to file objection to dismissal of claims in BP MDL
Huber Attorneys for the Sierra Club filed a motion to extend the deadline to submit an objection on an earlier court ruling that barred the environmental group's claims in the BP oil spill multidistrict litigation (MDL). -
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. -
BP moves to dismiss Mexican states' and Alabama cities' complaints in oil spill MDL
Barbier Attorneys for BP have filed a motion to dismiss the claims filed by the Louisiana District Attorneys, Alabama cities and Mexican states against the oil company following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oilrig explosion and oil spill. -
Second lawsuit against Kenneth Feinberg filed in Florida
Feinberg A second lawsuit has been filed in the state of Florida against Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of the $20 billion Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), claiming the GCCF "starves" claimants before paying a "miniscule percent of all damages." -
BP reaches settlement with Deepwater Horizon partner Weatherford
BP PLC announced Monday that it has reached a settlement with the company that provided casing components for the Deepwater Horizon oilrig which exploded and sank in 2010. -
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. -
Judge extends deadline for completion of BOP testing protocol in BP MDL
U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan issued an order June 20 extending the deadline for the completion of blowout preventer (BOP) testing protocols from June 20 to June 22. -
Start time for August status conference in BP MDL reset
A status conference for the multi district litigation surrounding the 2010 BP oil spill has been moved up one hour from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.