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DOJ attorney says feds' focus on environmental justice is 'reinvigorated'
Simms Department of Justice attorney Patrice Simms told a gathering of defense lawyers in New Orleans today that the federal government's focus on environmental justice has become "reinvigorated." -
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 says no to separating state and federal government claims from private suits
Caldwell U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier rejected pleas from the federal government and 15 states to separate their suits over the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill from private civil suits. -
Barbier orders Transocean to produce documents on all Gulf vessels
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier granted a U.S. Department of Justice motion ordering Transocean to submit all external audits and inspection reports from all Gulf vessels for discovery in the Gulf oil spill multi-district litigation (MDL). -
Fed sues BP and others in response to oil spill
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against BP Exploration and Production and eight other companies that were involved in the April 20 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. -
BP blowout preventer forensic investigation running behind course
Department of Justice attorney Mike Underhill admitted that testing on the failed blowout preventer (BOP) that caused the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform and later let out millions of gallons of oil into the gulf is running behind schedule. But, he said he's confident testing will begin in the next few days. -
Conference call set up for BP MDL experiences technical difficulties
Barbier A conference call set up through AT&T to patch in out-of-town lawyers at a BP multi-district litigation (MDL) status conference experienced technical difficulties, which AT&T couldn't resolve in time for the hearing Oct. 15. -
Barbier opens door for plaintiffs to subpoena government and defense
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier granted a plaintiff motion for leave to amend a pre-trial order on the issue of subpoenaing government entities for environmental specimens. -
Judge grants New Orleans' motion in shooting death suit
Landrieu Judge Robin Giarusso granted a motion for no cause of action filed by the defense in a wrongful death suit against the city of New Orleans, former mayor Ray Nagin and former Police Superintendent Warren Riley and the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) on Friday in Orleans Parish Civil District Court.