April 20, 2011
On Wednesday's anniversary of the worst oil spill in U.S. history, spill victims scrambled to make last-minute filings preserving their right to join the multidistrict litigation in Louisiana over the disaster, while BP PLC fired off new suits seeking to blame its drilling partners for the incident.
April 19, 2011
Florida will not file suit against Transocean Ltd. over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Gov. Rick Scott reportedly said Tuesday, on the eve of the deadline to bring claims against the Deepwater Horizon rig owner.
April 18, 2011
Cameron International Corp. on Friday told the Louisiana federal judge overseeing the Deepwater Horizon multidistrict litigation that the failure of its blowout preventer was not to blame for the deadly explosion and fires aboard the rig.
April 13, 2011
Attorneys for the administrator of the $20 billion claims fund for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill argued Tuesday that the Louisiana federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation against BP PLC lacked legal authority to regulate the claims process.
March 31, 2011
Plaintiffs in the Deepwater Horizon multidistrict litigation on Wednesday accused BP PLC, its partner companies and several contractors of negligently exposing a putative class of cleanup workers and residents to harmful chemical dispersants following the massive oil spill.
March 28, 2011
Plaintiffs suing BP PLC over the Deepwater Horizon disaster can use emails sent between a BP engineer and his wife to push their case, a magistrate judge in Louisiana ruled Monday.
March 15, 2011
BP PLC reached a confidential settlement Monday in a Louisiana court with the widow of an employee killed in the Deepwater Horizon explosion last year.
January 04, 2011
The first round of depositions in the multidistrict litigation over the Deepwater Horizon disaster will take place in New Orleans, despite pleas from BP PLC to hold them at its offices in Houston.