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Oil spill clean-up supervisor sues for overtime wages
A supervisor for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill clean-up has filed a lawsuit against BP in an attempt to obtain overtime wages. -
BP writes letter saying GCCF payments have been too high
Feinberg In a letter posted on the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) Web site Thursday morning, BP states that there "is no credible support for adopting an artificially high future loss" and that claims payments should be lower going forward. -
IRS confirms that BP claims money is taxable
The Internal Revenue Service has confirmed that anyone who received money from BP through the Gulf Coast Claims Facility as a result of Gulf of Mexico oil spill will have to pay taxes on that income on their 2010 tax forms. -
BP MDL hearing set Feb. 25 will be moved to larger courtroom
Barbier The monthly status conference in the BP oil spill multi-district litigation (MDL) schedule for Feb. 25 has been moved to the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle. -
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. -
Sierra Club files motion to intervene in BP MDL
Huber The Sierra Club filed a motion to join a lawsuit filed by the U.S. government against BP in the multi-district litigation (MDL) surrounding the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and subsequent oil spill. -
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. -
Louisiana delegation pushes BP to pay to fix oyster beds
Landrieu Louisiana's eight congressional members wrote and signed a letter to BP America president Lamar McKay asking that the oil company immediately pay $15 million to help restore the state's oyster beds. -
Toxic tort defender says lawyers in oil spill MDL won't say 'word one' about case
Morris Chicago attorney H. Patrick Morris, an experienced toxic tort attorney who has represented major oil companies, said that not a single defense lawyer involved in the BP oil spill litigation would talk to him before his speech at the DRI Toxic Tort and Environmental Law conference held today in New Orleans. -
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 extends briefing deadline in BP MDL
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier issued two orders Feb. 4 pertaining to the multi-district litigation (MDL) surrounding the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and subsequent BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. -
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. -
Feinberg: Oyster harvesters will get double their losses
Feinberg The person in charge of a $20 billion BP oil spill compensation fund said Tuesday that claimants will have the opportunity to receive twice their damages from 2010 from "final payments." -
Barbier issues order reaffirming states rights to choose counsel in BP litigation
Caldwell U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier issued an order Tuesday reaffirming the rights of states in pursuing litigation against BP for damages relating to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and subsequent oil spill. -
Barbier rules Feinberg is an agent of BP
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier issued a 15-page order stating that Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) administrator Kenneth Feinberg "cannot be considered 'neutral' or totally 'independent' of BP." -
Mississippi AG Hood supports monitoring communications in BP MDL
Hood Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has filed a motion supporting the plaintiffs' request for monitoring alleged ex parte communications regarding the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), according to papers filed in the BP oil spill multidistrict litigation (MDL). -
Barbier expected to rule on Feinberg and GCCF this week
Feinberg U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier said he will likely render a ruling on a plaintiff motion to monitor ex parte communications between BP and oil spill claims administrator Ken Feinberg this week. -
DOJ says BOP and cement testing still under way
Justice Department attorney Michael Underhill said that a forensic report on the failed blowout preventor (BOP) which led to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent Gulf of Mexico oil spill should be finished in March. -
Barbier clarifies pre-trial order coordinating government claims
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier clarified a pre-trial order meant to coordinate state and federal government counsel during a status conference for the BP multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.