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'Test' trial for BP toxic release suit underway
GALVESTON - The first week of the "test" trial into the 2010 BP toxic release is in the books. -
Fifth Circuit asks Texas high court for clarification in BP oil spill insurance case
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has filed a ruling withdrawing a previous opinion on a lawsuit against insurance companies that provided coverage to companies at the center of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and resulting oil spill. -
Phase two of BP trial to be shorter than phase one
NEW ORLEANS – Phase two of the BP oil spill trial has been set to begin Sept. 30 and will last through much of October. -
BP claims administrator given two weeks to respond to latest fraud allegations
NEW ORLEANS – Only one week after BP filed a request to temporarily stop payments for claims under a settlement agreement stemming from the 2010 Gulf oil spill until allegations of fraud were investigated, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier has provided Claims Administrator Patrick Juneau’s Office a two-week deadline to respond to fraud claims within the office. -
BP’s attempt to withhold third quarter funding from claims administrator shot down
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier has refused a request by BP to have the $130 million third quarter budget of oil spill claims administrator Patrick Juneau’s office thrown out. -
BP claims new findings of 'systemic fraud' in settlement program, asks for temporary stoppage for third time
NEW ORLEANS – On Monday BP filed documents stating they have proof of “systemic fraud” within the settlement program that provides payments to those harmed by the 2010 oil spill. -
Electrician's lawsuit says BP at fault for plaintiff's finger injury
GALVESTON - A Baytown man blames BP Products North America Inc. for an apparent finger injury he sustained while working at its then-Texas City facility last year, recent court documents say. -
League City woman attributes husband's myelodysplasia death to benzene exposure at BP refinery
GALVESTON - A League City woman is suing BP and a host of other companies in response to her husband's 2012 death from alleged benzene exposure. -
Claiming Oil Spill damages from 'far, far, away'
“White Springs is a small, friendly town nestled on the banks of the Suwannee River, where pride in family, community, and patriotism create a wonderful quality of life.” So proclaims the city’s website. -
BP: Spill deal's big winners shouldn't be plaintiffs' lawyers
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Walter Umphrey sues Houston lawyer over $1M debt
Plaintiff’s attorney Walter Umphrey, co-founder of the Provost Umphrey Law Firm in Beaumont, is suing Houston lawyer F. Kenneth Bailey Jr., alleging the man owes him $1 million. -
BP’s request to put emergency stop on claim process during fraud investigation denied
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Federal Judge Carl Barbier has ruled against a temporary stop to claims payments stemming from the 2010 Gulf oil spill while an investigation is underway into potential wrongdoing in the office of Claims Administrator Patrick Juneau. -
Plaintiffs’ attorneys respond to NY Times columnist’s biting critique of BP claim process
NEW ORLEANS – Two attorneys on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee have responded to New York Times’ columnist Joe Nocera’s op-ed published on July 8, alleging that the claims process awarding damages to those affected by the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill is not just flawed, but likely evidence of corruption within Louisiana’s legal profession. -
Barbier grants motion for hearing on temporary suspension of BP claims program
GRETNA – U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier has granted a hearing to be held 8:30 a.m. Friday, July 19, concerning BP’s request for a temporary injunction to stop the claims process paying damages to those affected by the 2010 BP oil spill, while a court appointed investigator court determines if two top legal counsel in the claims administrators office intervened in claims in which they had a personal -
Legal experts consider course of BP appeal
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – Adam Hoeflich can’t predict if the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will side with BP in its dispute with plaintiffs over the settlement in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill multidistrict litigation. -
BP sets up fraud hotline only a week after arguing claims process in appeals court
NEW ORLEANS – BP has announced the creation of a fraud hotline that will allow anonymous callers to turn in those pursuing false claims due to the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill. -
Florida town located 80 miles inland files claim against BP
NEW ORLEANS – The town of White Springs, Fla., was a late comer in filing a lawsuit against British Petroleum claiming economic damages due to the 2010 Gulf oil spill. -
New York Times columnist disparages BP claims administrator
NoceraNEW ORLEANS – New York Times columnist Joe Nocera published a biting op-ed yesterday on the BP claims settlement process for businesses who were affected by the 2010 oil spill as run by Patrick Juneau. -
BP plaintiffs lawyer once represented Scruggs
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- One of the lawyers representing a group of class action plaintiffs against oil giant BP also helped represent disgraced Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. -
Lawyer for plaintiffs in BP case known as a Renaissance man in legal community
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) — Samuel Issacharoff, the New York University School of Law professor who is representing a group of class action plaintiffs against oil giant BP, often is described as a Renaissance man.