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BP asks for more time to respond to Pappas' suit
GALVESTON - BP has asked a federal court for more time to respond to a suit filed by Pappas Restaurants alleging the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is damaging Pappas' seafood business. -
Transocean insurers want court to stop BP's claim for more coverage
GALVESTON � Insurers for Transocean are asking a federal court to issue a declaratory judgment against BP after the company reportedly sought a claim to cover the April 20 Deepwater Horizon explosion. -
Enterprise, Chronicle file suit against Police News for copyright violations
HOUSTON -- A Galveston journalist is facing a federal lawsuit after the Associated Press, the Beaumont Enterprise and other Texas newspapers say he has posted unauthorized copies of their stories on his news Web sites. -
Halliburton says no merit to rape lawsuit, pushes for arbitration
Prominent politicians have recently turned the spotlight on former Halliburton employee Jamie Leigh Jones, who in a civil suit alleges she was drugged and raped by several of her Halliburton co-workers while working in Baghdad in 2005. But from the shadows, Halliburton attorneys say Leigh's suit is without merit and in violation of an employee arbitration agreement. -
Oilfield company fighting same plaintiff in two venues
MARSHALL -- Headquartered in Houston, oilfield support company Stallion Oilfield Services (Stallion Heavy Hauling) is currently defending itself from Lenard Ray Hodge in two court venues, Houston and Marshall.