Recent News About Bp Plc
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By DAVID YATES In September, a federal judge designated BP as the foremost company responsible for the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig and ensuing oil spill. On Monday, June 1, the oil giant filed a brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejecting Judge Carl Barbier’s finding that it was “grossly negligent.” BP called upon the higher court in hopes of adverting a $12 billion fine that the government seeks to levy against the company.
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In September, a federal judge designated BP as the foremost company responsible for the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig and ensuing oil spill.
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NEW ORLEANS – Six weeks after BP PLC filed a motion to remove Patrick Juneau from his position as claims administrator responsible for managing billions of dollars in payouts to those claiming they lost income due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Juneau has responded with a motion on why he should remain.
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NEW ORLEANS – The numbers are in and the number of claimants paid under the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement totals 883 for the entire month of September – leaving more than 131,000 people still awaiting resolution, according to records submitted by the settlement administrator.
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NEW ORLEANS – Four attorneys accused of corruption in the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement were called before a federal judge this week to explain why they shouldn’t be sanctioned or barred from representing claimants in the case.
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NEW ORLEANS – After investigators found that two high-profile claims in the BP oil spill case were based on fraudulent tax documents, the man tasked with paying settlements says he has no plans to routinely authenticate IRS filings of claimants prior to cutting a check.
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A federal judge has ruled that BP is the main company responsible for the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and subsequent oil spill.
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NEW ORLEANS – Oil giant BP PLC has filed a motion to have Patrick Juneau removed as claims administrator in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill litigation, arguing that he is biased and has not been forthcoming about potential conflicts of interest.
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NEW ORLEANS – Deepwater Horizon Claims Administrator Patrick Juneau said he was not threatening to sue the chief executive of BP PLC when he told a Lafayette newspaper recently that the oil executive had publicly disparaged his reputation to a degree that was “actionable.”
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BP has failed in its attempts to stop some of the payments from the settlement agreement over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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