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Judge Terri Fleming Love to Serve as Chief Judge of Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal
Judge Terri Fleming Love to Serve as Chief Judge of Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. -
Judges should be barred from hearing campaign donor's cases, LSU law professor says
BATON ROUGE – While trial lawyers and other such groups have every right to make campaign contributions, they're not immune to the consequences of those donations, an Louisiana State University law professor said during a recent interview. -
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. -
Feinberg says payments for final and interim claims to begin Feb. 18
Feinberg Speaking before a U.S. Senate subcommittee on Jan. 27, oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg announced that payments for final and interim claims would begin around Feb. 18. -
BP attorneys oppose plaintiffs' complaints involving Feinberg
Haycraft Attorneys for BP have filed a motion in opposition to a recent plaintiff filing asking that U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier supervise communications between defendants and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) in the Gulf oil spill litigation. -
Feinberg to visit Gulf Coast amidst complaints about oil spill claims
Feinberg Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of a $20 billion claims fund established by BP after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, said that he will be in Mississippi and Louisiana this week to meet with claimants who say their payments are arriving too slowly. -
Feinberg hires legal ethics professor in response to plaintiff lawyer criticism
Ken Feinberg, administrator of the $20 billion Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), said he's hired a legal ethics professor to clarify that he is not working for BP, according to an Associated Press report.
