U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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New Orleans gets rid of Confederate monuments
Five Confederate war monuments were recently removed by the City of New Orleans. -
Crystal Seafood ordered to pay back over $1 million in BP oil spill settlement case
A shrimp company and its owners have been ordered to pay back over $1 million that was awarded to them through the Deepwater Horizon Economic Claims Center (DHECC) as part of the BP settlement for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that claimed 11 lives. -
Las Vegas attorney may face disbarment over Deepwater Horizon case
NEW ORLEANS — One of the side effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster is that a plethora of allegedly fraudulent claims have emerged that seem to be attempting to take advantage of the victim's compensation fund set up by British Petroleum to reimburse Gulf Coast businesses for their losses after the oil spill. -
Boustany introduces bill to limit venue changing for legacy suits
BATON ROUGE — U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, a Republican from Lafayette, Louisiana, has introduced the Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act (ELLAA) in Congress. -
DuPont refutes claims of reporting violations at Louisiana acid plant
NEW ORLEANS – E I DuPont de NeMours & Co recently asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to dismiss a False Claims Act-based lawsuit filed against the company by Jeffrey M. Simoneaux. -
Phelps Dunbar sues West Virginia gubernatorial candidate's company seeking $400K in unpaid legal fees
NEW ORLEANS – Another in a string of lawsuits has been filed against one of West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Justice’s companies for allegedly failing to pay more than $400,000 in legal fees. -
Barbier forbids attorneys who deceived court in BP settlement from representing claimants; Could face professional sanctions
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At current rate Deepwater Horizon claims program could take another decade to process payments
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McGladrey whistleblower reports investigation underway; Partner in charge of Deepwater Horizon audit asked to stay away from headquarters
NEW ORLEANS – A whistleblower who accused McGladrey LLP of conflicts of interest, shoddy work and overbilling in connection with an audit of the BP Deepwater Horizon settlement facility says the firm has hired a criminal defense lawyer and asked the partner who oversaw the audit to stay out of the office.Following the publication of the allegations of a whistleblower who filed an internal ethics complaint -
WSJ editorial: BP oil spill fund an 'all-you-can-eat buffet' for trial lawyers
NEW ORLEANS – An editorial in the Wall Street Journal today lambasted trial lawyers for their apparent greed in pushing claims through the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement agreement that may not be related to the oil spill itself and serve as the basis for a challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Judge rules BP will not get restitution for claims paid under flawed calculations
NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge has denied BP’s request to reclaim hundreds of millions of dollars in claims payments the company says would not have been paid to Deepwater Horizon oil spill claimants if a settlement agreement had properly been followed from its inception. -
Fifth Circuit Court decides that private property classifications issued by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are not 'final'
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a suit brought against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, agreeing with the lower court’s determination that courts lack the subject-matter jurisdiction to hear cases regarding property classifications. -
Appeals court partly reverses lower court decision in prisoner death case
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Deepwater Horizon Claims Administrator Patrick Juneau defends negative statements made about BP’s CEO
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Appeals Court affirms shipping company’s liability in '08 oil spill recovery payment dispute
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Appeals court overturns ruling in favor of public employer in pension benefit lawsuit
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Appeals court upholds dismissal of juror’s wrongful termination suit after missing work for jury duty
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