BP to Pay $138 Million in Attorney Fees
Summary: Attorney fees in the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster case have reached $138 million. According to Bloomberg, BP’s settlement with…
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Three BP Employees Facing Federal Indictment Charges
Summary: Two employees face manslaughter charges and an executive faces lying to authorities in relation to their actions before and…
Record-Setting Settlement for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Summary: BP has been hit with the largest fines in history for penalties to the federal Clean Water Act and…
Large Portion of Settlement Money from Exxon Case Will Go to Legal Expenses
Summary: A judge must now approve the settlement reached between the state of New Jersey and ExxonMobil Corporation, a settlement…
Halliburton Settles Oil Spill Claims at $1.1 Billion
Summary: Halliburton oilfield service provider has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle claims against them for involvement…
Shell to Compensate Nigerians For Oil Spill
Native Nigerian subsistence farmers and fisherman are asking Shell to compensate them for destroying their habitat with an oil spill.…
BP Ramps Up its Legal Horse Power as it Files a Lawsuit Against EPA
BP is increasingly adding more lawyers to defend and protect its company. Since the oil spill that cost it billions,…
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…
Chevron Sues Back
Chevron is punching back. After two decades of suits from Patton Boggs, who has brought three lawsuits against Chevron, the…
Settlement in BP Oil Spill Approved by Judge
On Friday, the United States judge issued final approval to BP Plc's settlement with businesses and individuals who suffered money…
BP Banned from U.S. Federal Contracts
In citing the "lack of business integrity," the government of the United States has banned BP from any new federal…
Cozen O’Connor Hired To Regulate BP Gulf-Compensation Fund
Philadelphia lawyer, Stephen Cozen, partner at Cozen O’Connor, has been hired to sketch up the rules on BP’s gulf-compensation fund.…