Latest BP Oil Spill News & Press

03-04-14 BP must live with $9.2 billion oil spill deal, court says http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-04/bp-must-live-with-oil-spill-settlement-terms-court-rules-1-.html

03-03-14 In BP Oil Disaster, appeals court rules claimants need not prove direct harm http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/03/appeals_court_rules_claimants.html

02-26-14 Judge denies BP’s request to delay seafood claims payments http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/judge_denies_bps_request_to_de.html

01-10-14 Multibillion-dollar BP oil spill settlement upheld by U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Panel http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2014/01/us_5th_circuit_court_of_appeal.html

12-31-13 BP renews request for 5th Circuit to require businesses to prove losses resulted from oil spill http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/12/bp_renews_request_for_5th_circ.html

12-06-13 Federal Judge temporarily suspends BP oil spill settlement payments http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/federal_judge_temporarily_susp.html

11-04-13 BP tells 5th Circuit to throw out private oil spill settlement if business claims rules aren’t fixed http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/11/bp_tells_5th_circuit_to_throw.html

10-21-13 Federal judge mandates changes to rules for business claims in BP settlement, reacting to appeals court ruling http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/10/federal_judge_orders_changes_b.html

10-11-13 Federal judge orders BP, private plaintiffs to hammer out changes to business claims rules http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/10/federal_judge_orders_bp_privat.html

09-30-13 Second phase of BP trial over the 2010 Gulf oil spill focuses on flow rates, ‘top kills’ and ‘junk shots’ http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/09/second_phase_of_bp_trial_over.html

09-27-13 BP oil spill trial’s second phase, starting Monday, will play key role in deciding massive fines http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/09/mondays_second_phase_of_bp_tri.html

09-23-13 BP again asks federal judge to suspend Deepwater Horizon oil spill private claims payments http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/09/bp_again_asks_federal_judge_to.html

09-17-13 Gulf oil spill claims administrator charges BP is trying to ‘slow walk’ claims payments http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/09/oil_spill_claims_administrator_7.html

09-06-13 BP negotiated the settlement it’s trying to disown http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2013/09/bp_negotiated_the_settlement_i.html

09-04-13 BP oil spill victims ask appeals court to uphold approval of multibillion-dollar settlement http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/09/bp_oil_spill_victims_ask_appea.html

08-20-13 BP not a victim: Opposing view http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/08/20/bp-oil-spill-gulf-coast-settlement-editorials-debates/2679451/

07-09-13 The Truth About the BP Settlement (Class Counsel) http://blogs.reuters.com/alison-frankel/files/2013/07/bp-plaintiffsresponse.pdf

07-08-13 BP, plaintiffs’ lawyers argue before 5th Circuit on challenge over oil spill payments http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/07/bp_plaintiffs_lawyers_argue_be.html

03-05-13 Transocean toolpusher recalls harrowing final moments aboard rig as testimony continues in BP oil spill trial http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/03/transocean_toolpusher_recalls.html

02-28-13 BP’s safety chief testifies that internal report did not probe management’s role in Gulf oil spill http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/02/bps_safety_chief_testifies_tha.html

02-27-13 BP investigators were never given oil well cement test results, samples by Halliburton http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/02/bp_investigators_never_given_c.html

02-23-13 BP, Halliburton, Transocean, plaintiffs’ lawyers all prepare to face off in gulf oil spill trial http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/in-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-trial-bp-halliburton-transocean-plaintiffs-lawyers-prepare-to-face-off/2013/02/23/84aea08c-7d2a-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html

02-22-13 The phases of the BP oil spill trial explained http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/02/phases_of_the_bp_deepwater_hor.html

03-02-12 PSC in BP Oil Spill Litigation Announces Settlement in Principle with BP http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/plaintiffs-steering-committee-in-bp-gulf-oil-spill-litigation-announces-settlement-in-principle-with-bp-141271963.html