September 13, 2013
Although a court-ordered report recently cleared the claims administrator for BP PLC's massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement of wrongdoing, experts say its findings of misconduct further down the line provides useful ammunition for the oil giant's fight against potentially fraudulent claims.
September 12, 2013
BP PLC asked a Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday to slash $25.5 million from the proposed fourth quarter budget for the Deepwater Horizon settlement program that handles private economic and medical claims, arguing that the administrator's request includes excessive and unreasonable costs.
September 06, 2013
Plaintiffs' attorneys in a dispute over Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement payments corrupted the claims process in a potentially criminal manner — yet a claims administrator under fire from BP PLC didn't engage in any misconduct and the fund shouldn't be halted from making payments, a report released Friday said.
September 06, 2013
BP PLC and the federal government warred in Louisiana federal court on Thursday by providing conflicting expert reports on the amount of oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico during the massive 2010 Macondo well oil spill, with each claiming the other side skewed the numbers.
August 28, 2013
A Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday denied BP PLC’s bid to halt payments from a Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement fund over alleged conflicts of interest by attorneys overseeing claim appeals, saying the conflicts were already being resolved by the court and didn’t warrant suspending the claims program.
August 26, 2013
The settlement class related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill told a Louisiana federal judge Sunday not to let BP PLC stop payments, saying no evidence showed that any claim was improperly calculated or paid despite an ongoing fraud investigation into alleged attorney kickbacks.
August 14, 2013
BP PLC on Tuesday urged a Louisiana federal judge presiding over multidistrict litigation on the Deepwater Horizon disaster to factor in Halliburton Energy Services Inc.'s pending guilty plea to the deletion of computer simulations when he decides how to apportion fault for the explosion that killed 11 rig workers.
August 07, 2013
A Louisiana federal court ordered BP PLC on Wednesday to cough up $129 million in fees to the administrator of its multibillion-dollar Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement that the company said it was withholding until it received detailed documentation about the claims.
August 05, 2013
BP PLC on Monday again asked a Louisiana federal judge to stop settlement payments related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, claiming that the firms of two lawyers were representing claimants while the lawyers simultaneously issued rulings through an appeals panel supervising the claims.
July 19, 2013
A Louisiana federal judge on Friday shot down BP PLC's bid to temporarily halt payments related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as a former FBI director investigates misconduct allegations against an attorney for the court-supervised settlement program.