Paul Hastings Welcomes Key Environmental Litigator Amid Expanding Focus on Environmental Law
In a strategic move to bolster its environmental litigation practice, U.S. law firm Paul Hastings announced on Thursday the addition…
BP oil spill
BP Fighting to Have Settlement Administrator Removed from Post
Summary: BP has requested that a federal judge remove Patrick Juneau from his post as the oil spill settlement administrator citing…
BP Will Not be Reimbursed for Overpayment of Claims, Federal Judge Rules
Summary: BP argued in federal court that it has overpaid claims to businesses that reported damages after BP’s 2010 oil…
BP Asking for ‘Overpayments’ From Oil Spill be Returned
BP is asking a federal judge to order restitution and interest for what it claims are hundreds of millions of…
BP Faces Billions of Dollars in Additional Payments
According to a report by Bloomberg News, BP faces billions of dollars in additional payments after they failed again to…
British Petroleum Appealing: Oil Spill Liabilities are Just too Costly
British Petroleum will be forced to live with a $9.2 billion dollar settlement for the people affected by the Gulf…
BP Loses Bid to Require Proof of Losses in Spill
British Petroleum (BP) lost a bid to require businesses to provide proof that their economic losses were caused by the…
BP Claims to Be Victim in New Orleans Oil Spill
British Petroleum was the real victim of the New Orleans oil spill, or at least that is what the company…
BP to Pay $25 Million as Penalty for Alaskan Oil Pipeline Spill in 2006
On May 3, BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. made an agreement to pay $25 million as a penalty to Alaska. This…
Morning Roundup
Good morning everybody! Today is Tuesday, November 9th. Here's a look back at yesterday's stories. Ballard Spahr will open its 13th…
Weitz & Luxenberg Partner Named Mass Tort Litigator of the Year
Weitz & Luxenberg partner Robert J. Gordon has been named the 2011 Mass Tort Litigator of the Year by legal…
Morning Roundup
Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, October 13th. Here's a quick look back at yesterday's stories. Milbank added lateral partner…