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BP seeks to transfer oil & gas royalty suit
BP America is seeking to transfer venue in an oil & gas lease royalty lawsuit brought by several area residents. -
***FOR PRINT *** BP denied access to White House emails in oil spill litigation
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan has denied a request by BP attorneys to obtain emails sent by a former adviser to President Barack Obama during the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. -
BP denied access to White House emails in oil spill litigation
Gasaway NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan has denied a request by BP attorneys to obtain emails sent by a former adviser to President Barack Obama during the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. -
Step right up! Everyone's a plaintiff!
When you struggle with accepting responsibility for things that go wrong in your life, it helps to have a whipping boy � a patsy, a fall guy, a scapegoat, someone to blame. -
Texas lawyer Watts represents 44,510 clients in BP litigation
Watts NEW ORLEANS - Mikal Watts of Corpus Christi represents an astonishing total of 44,510 clients preparing for the first trial over the Deepwater Horizon explosion, according to a report U.S. District Judge Barbier received on July 6. -
Anadarko must arbitrate claims against BP, says MDL judge
NEW ORLEANS � Splitting a double header in federal court, Deepwater Horizon rig investor Anadarko Petroleum lost a contest against joint operator BP and won a contest in writing the plan for the first trial over last year's explosion and oil spill. -
Magistrate vacates order that called on YouTube, The Daily to pull Hayward clips
Mince NEW ORLEANS � In swift victory for free speech, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan confessed she lacked authority to pull video clips of testimony from former BP chief Tony Hayward from websites YouTube and The Daily. -
****USE FOR PRINT*** Magistrate vacates order that called on YouTube, The Daily to pull Hayward clips
Mince NEW ORLEANS - In swift victory for free speech, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan confessed she lacked authority to pull video clips of testimony from former BP chief Tony Hayward from websites YouTube and The Daily. -
Galveston judge says BP Texas City pollution suits belong in England
Ellisor HOUSTON � As BP pleads in federal court that shareholder suits over the Deepwater Horizon explosion belong in England, Galveston County District Judge John Ellisor rules that shareholder suits over pollution in Texas City also belong in England. -
Deepwater Horizon widow reaches settlement with Transocean, BP
NEW ORLEANS � Deepwater Horizon widow Natalie Roshto, who sued rig owner Transocean and BP a day after the explosion, has settled her claims. -
Blowout prevention maker, wellhead owner want jury trials in Deepwater Horizon litigation
Barbier NEW ORLEANS � Two lonely voices pleaded for U. S. District Judge Carl Barbier to hold jury trials in litigation over the Deepwater Horizon explosion. -
Amended BP investor class action is rife with redaction
Ajamie HOUSTON - Retired investors suing BP over the Deepwater Horizon explosion claim to know what caused it, but the keys to their theory remain secret. -
Shareholder class predicts BP will pay more than $40 billion for explosion
Yetter HOUSTON - BP will pay more than $40 billion for the Deepwater Horizon explosion, public pension funds of New York and Ohio predicted on June 6. -
BP argues maritime, economic loss claims should be dismissed in oil spill MDL
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier heard oral arguments for and against a motion by BP to dismiss most, if not all of the economic loss and maritime claims over last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill. -
Tran firm files suit over BP litigation fees
GALVESTON - The Tammy Tran Law Firm alleges Aurora, Colo.-based Franklin D. Azar & Associates is engaging in actions and conduct it deems as tortuous interference in regards to Deepwater Horizon litigation, recent court documents say. -
BP, partner settle for $1.1B
Barbier NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - BP has announced that it has settled its lawsuit against one of its partners in the Deepwater Horizon oilrig for $1.1 billion. -
Worker sues BP over injury from falling pipe at Texas City refinery
GALVESTON � Complaining that a pipe struck him while he was working at BP Products North America Inc.'s Texas City refinery, Mateo Espinoza has filed suit against the petrochemical company and plant manager Keith Casey. -
Benzene suit faults 22 companies for man's illness
Hyde Henry Marino and his wife, Donia, are suing Chevron USA and 21 other companies, alleging the defendants negligently manufactured and sold benzene products. -
Coon adds 'first responder' plaintiffs in BP litigation
Coon NEW ORLEANS - Brent Coon of Beaumont asserts claims for 125 clients in a potential class action over chemical effects of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and cleanup.