November 10, 2014
A Louisiana federal judge Monday rejected BP PLC's attempt to oust the claims administrator in charge of paying out claims to individuals and businesses from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill $9.2 billion settlement, saying that a claims administrator isn't subject to the same recusal rules as a federal judge.
November 05, 2014
BP PLC on Tuesday accused the state of Alabama of attempting to shield from discovery how it spent $93 million in grants from a BP unit following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, money the energy giant claims could be used to offset its liability in multidistrict litigation over the disaster.
October 31, 2014
A Louisiana federal judge refused Friday to allow BP PLC early access to the audit of a $9.2 billion settlement program in the Deepwater Horizon litigation, finding that it must go through the claims administrator before BP can learn why the audit's costs have ballooned to $14 million.
October 31, 2014
A Louisiana federal judge ruled Friday that Liberty International Underwriters Inc. must cover $50 million of a $250 million settlement reached between Cameron International Corp. and BP PLC over Cameron's failed Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer, but that the insurer doesn't have to also pay for defense costs.
October 30, 2014
BP PLC on Wednesday moved to block several policies that limit the amount of evidence needed to make a claim against the $9.2 billion Deepwater Horizon settlement fund, arguing that the policies were tainted by the embattled claims administrator who approved them.
October 27, 2014
BP PLC on Friday asked a Louisiana federal judge to order the administrator overseeing a $9.2 billion settlement program in the Deepwater Horizon litigation to turn over an audit of the program, arguing that the oil behemoth has a right to know why the audit costs have ballooned to $14 million, more than eight times the original estimated cost.
October 24, 2014
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. and the federal government on Thursday panned BP PLC's bid to escape a finding that it was grossly negligent in the events that led to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, saying there is plenty of evidence to prove its actions were to blame in the case.
October 21, 2014
The state of Alabama has asked the Louisiana federal judge overseeing multidistrict Deepwater Horizon litigation to throw out counterclaims that would subtract BP PLC expenditures from a possible judgment the state could receive in a pending trial, one of a flurry of pretrial filings from BP, federal and state governments.
October 15, 2014
Class counsel in the Deepwater Horizon litigation on Wednesday responded to BP PLC's bid to oust the claims administrator overseeing settlement payments, saying the company knew of his work for the state of Louisiana — which BP characterized as a conflict of interest — before he was chosen.
October 03, 2014
BP Exploration and Production Inc. on Thursday urged the judge overseeing the Deepwater Horizon multidistrict litigation to set aside his gross negligence finding against the energy giant or grant a new trial, arguing that it was heavily based on expert witness opinions that were excluded at trial.