April 16, 2015
Thousands of class member plaintiffs in the Deepwater Horizon settlement called claims payouts in the case "abysmal," and asked the Louisiana federal court overseeing the case to send out another settlement notice giving class members another chance to opt out.
April 16, 2015
A Louisiana federal judge overseeing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill multidistrict litigation found Thursday that certain underwriters at Lloyd's of London and various insurance companies have satisfied their obligations under excess policies providing $150 million in coverage to Transocean Ltd.
April 16, 2015
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. on Thursday secured approval of an agreement with Alabama excusing it from the trial proceedings over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, placing its bet on BP Exploration & Production Inc. in the battle over Alabama's compensatory damages.
March 30, 2015
A Louisiana federal judge on Monday said Alabama is entitled to a jury trial over alleged losses resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and oil spill, rejecting BP plc's argument that the state's claims should tried by the bench.
March 30, 2015
The federal government on Friday urged a Louisiana federal judge to hit BP Exploration & Production Inc. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. with heavy Clean Water Act penalties over the Deepwater Horizon disaster, arguing the fines should be high enough to send a message to the entire industry.
March 20, 2015
A Texas attorney asked a federal judge Thursday to force BP Exploration and Production Inc. and a claims administrator to stop lollygagging and determine which clients are associated with which settlement categories so they can seek part of a $9.2 billion Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement before an upcoming deadline.
March 16, 2015
The federal government on Friday said it would appeal a January ruling limiting BP Exploration & Production Inc.'s potential Clean Water Act fines to $13.7 billion in the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
February 26, 2015
A Louisiana federal judge sanctioned three attorneys on Thursday for misconduct in connection with BP PLC's Deepwater Horizon settlement, disqualifying them from participating in the settlement program and referring their case to the court's disciplinary committee.
February 19, 2015
A Louisiana federal judge on Thursday ruled that penalties paid by BP Exploration & Production Inc. per barrels of oil spilled during the Deepwater Horizon disaster would be capped at the maximum set by the Clean Water Act, thwarting the oil company's attempt to lower a possible $13.7 billion cap set in January.
February 18, 2015
U.S. attorneys told a Louisiana federal judge Tuesday that BP Exploration & Production Inc. should be barred from submitting evidence of $2.7 billion in payments the company made after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill as part of its civil penalties trial over Clean Water Act violations.