SOUTHEAST TEXAS RECORD

Recent News About Alabama State Executive - Attorney General

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  BP trial day one: Ala. AG contends oil company was ‘blinded by their bottom line’

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 @ 9:50am

  NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says it is oil giant BP’s greed that has “devastated” the Gulf Coast states.

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• Ala. AG wants trial date set in Gulf Coast states' suit against BP

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Monday, Apr 23, 2012 @ 12:49pm

  Strange

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• Barbier says no to separating state, federal government claims from private BP suits

  By Steve Korris | Tuesday, Feb 1, 2011 @ 8:51am

  Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier rejected pleas from the federal government and 15 states to separate their suits over the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill from private civil suits.

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• New Ala. AG fires private firms handling BP case

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Thursday, Jan 27, 2011 @ 8:54am

  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has fired the two plaintiffs' firms handling the state's lawsuit against oil giant BP and has named himself lead counsel, according to reports.

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• Gulf Coast AGs warn oil spill claimants

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 @ 3:22am

  Alabama Attorney General Troy King

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• Editorial calls King's oil spill suit a 'risky legal move'

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 @ 1:13pm

  King BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Troy King's lawsuit against oil giant BP could hurt the state, according to an editorial published in one of the state's newspapers Monday.

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• Gulf State AGs meet to talk strategy over BP oil spill

  By Chris Rizo | Wednesday, May 5, 2010 @ 8:23am

  Abbott AUSTIN(Legal Newsline)-A group of five state attorneys general, including Texas AG Greg Abbott, have formed the bipartisan Gulf States Coalition to coordinate their legal efforts to the increasing oil spill spreading off their coastlines.

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