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$7.8 Billion Settlement Of Gulf Oil Spill Claims Announced By BP

NEW ORLEANS - (Mealey's) BP PLC and plaintiffs in the federal multidistrict litigation court in Louisiana for claims arising from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig and ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico reached an agreement on March...

Published Mon, Mar 5 2012 5:00 PM by Shane Dilworth

Filed under: Deepwater Horizon, litigation, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil spill, Kenneth Feinberg, GCCF, multidistrict litigation, settlement, BP Plc, 2010, personal injuries, U.S Judge Carl Barbier, Gulf Coast Claims Trust, Gulf Coast Claims Fund, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20
Proposed $7.8 Billion Settlement Reached Between BP, Plaintiffs Over Gulf Oil Spill

Estimated $7.8B settlement expected to be paid from $20 billion Trust BP has reached a settlement with the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (PSC), subject to final written agreement, to resolve the substantial majority of legitimate economic loss and...

Published Sat, Mar 3 2012 12:39 AM by LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Community Staff

Filed under: Deepwater Horizon, BP, litigation, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil spill, emerging issues, Kenneth Feinberg, GCCF, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, multidistrict litigation, Gulf seafood industry
Special Master Sought To Oversee Gulf Oil Spill Claims

(AP) The lead attorneys for people and businesses suing BP over last year's Gulf oil spill want a federal judge to appoint a special master to oversee the claims process. They said in court papers Monday that administrator Kenneth Feinberg has been...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2011 3:46 PM by bettytmorris@yahoodotcom

Filed under: Deepwater Horizon, BP, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil spill, Transocean, Kenneth Feinberg, New Orleans, GCCF, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Justice Department, special master
Second Lawsuit Against Kenneth R. Feinberg, Feinberg Rozen, Gulf Coast Claims Facility Removed To Federal Court

Complaint Alleges Gross Negligence, Fraud, Fraudulent Inducement and Unjust Enrichment FORT MYERS, Fla. - A second lawsuit against Kenneth R. Feinberg, Feinberg Rozen LLP and Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) was removed from state court to the U.S. District...

Published Wed, Jul 27 2011 4:21 PM by bettytmorris@yahoodotcom

Filed under: Deepwater Horizon, BP, Oil Pollution Act, lawsuit, Gulf of Mexico, damages, Gulf Oil spill, emerging issues, BP oil spill, Kenneth Feinberg, GCCF, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, MDL 2179, OPA, Feinberg Rozen, Salvesen, Brian Donovan
Gulf Oil Spill Lawsuit Claims Unfair Delays, Inadequate Settlements, Denial of Rights of BP Victims by GCCF and Feinberg

Complaint Alleges Gross Negligence, Fraud, Fraudulent Inducement and Unjust Enrichment TAMPA, Fla. - A first-of-its-kind lawsuit has been filed in Florida state court against the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), its administrator, Kenneth R. Feinberg...

Published Mon, Mar 7 2011 3:59 PM by bettytmorris@yahoodotcom

Filed under: Oil spill, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf Oil spill, Oil Pollution Act of 1990, Kenneth Feinberg, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, BP compensation fund, fraud, settlement, Pinellas Marine Salvage Inc. v. Kenneth R. Feinberg
Plaintiff Attorneys Urge Oil Spill Victims To Pursue Litigation, Not BP Compensation Fund

MIAMI BEACH -- Plaintiff attorneys at a Gulf oil spill litigation conference have urged colleagues to advise clients to not accept money from the $20 billion BP compensation fund and instead pursue litigation. Some raw anger at BP spilled out June 24...

Published Tue, Nov 9 2010 12:41 PM by Gregg Lawson

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, emerging issues, BP oil spill, HB Litigation Conferences, Weitz & Luxenberg, Mike Papantonio, Kenneth Feinberg, Perry Weitz, GCCF, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, oil spill litigation, Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, Clifford A. Lipscomb, Colson Hicks Eidson, Greenfield Advisors, Ervin Gonzalez, BP oil spill litigation MDL, John A. Kilpatrick, Chris Miner
Gulf Oil Claims Facility Payouts Total $1.7 Billion To Date

MIAMI BEACH -- The Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) has received just shy of 350,000 emergency claims and paid out about $1.7 billion on just under 100,000 of them as of Nov. 5, according to Michael Rozen of Feinberg Rozen LLP in New York. Rozen is the...

Published Tue, Nov 9 2010 12:39 PM by Gregg Lawson

Filed under: Deepwater Horizon, lawsuit, litigation, torts, personal injury, emerging issues, BP oil spill, HB Litigation Conferences, Kenneth Feinberg, Obama, GCCF, Michael Rozen, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, oil spill litigation, BP compensation fund
The 2010 Gulf Oil Spill and Questions of Liability

By Andrea J. Chambers and Jerry D. Brown, Attorneys, Foley & Lardner LLP The offshore oil drilling industry will be forever changed by the explosion of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on...

Published Mon, Aug 30 2010 12:03 PM by Andrea Chambers and Jerry Brown

Filed under: environmental cleanup, class action, Environmental Disaster, BP, Oil Pollution Act, fishing, beach, Gulf of Mexico, Clean Water Act, Environmental Claims, Gulf Oil spill, shareholders derivative action, charter fishing, environmental liability, environmental contamination, Dispersant, Transocean, Gulf Coast fishing, punitive damages, blowout protectors, Kenneth Feinberg, offshore drilling, deep-water oil wells, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Florida CFO Calls on Independent Claims Facility Administrator to State if Waiver of Future Claims by Oil Victims Will Be Required

Florida CFO Alex Sink has sent a letter to Kenneth Feinberg, the Independent Claims Facility Administrator for BP’s Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill, requesting that Feinberg clarify his position on whether individuals or business owners will be...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 6:54 AM by bettytmorris@yahoodotcom

Filed under: environmental cleanup, oil pollution, clean water, hazardous waste, Oil spill, business interruption, Deepwater Horizon, BP, shrimp harvest, fishermen, fishing, beach, physical hazards, oil rig explosion, Gulf of Mexico, personal injury, damages, Environmental Claims, Gulf Oil spill, charter fishing, economic loss, environmental liability, catastrophe, toxic tort, environmental contamination, Dispersant, Transocean, world’s worst oil spills, Gulf Coast fishing, punitive damages, noneconomic damages, oil fund, Kenneth Feinberg, offshore drilling, deep-water oil wells, economic damages
Gulf Oil Spill Video: Michael K. Rozen's Interview about the BP $20B Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Compensation and Cleanup Fund

Michael K. Rozen of Feinberg & Rozen addressed the purpose of the $20 billion compensation and cleanup fund during his session at HB Litigation Conferences ' Oil in the Gulf Conference held June 24 to 25, 2010, in Atlanta, where attendees from...

Published Tue, Jul 6 2010 1:44 AM by HB Litigation Conferences

Filed under: Oil spill, BP, litigation, torts, personal injury, BP oil spill, HB Litigation Conferences, Gulf, Weitz & Luxenberg, oil fund, Michael K. Rozen, Kenneth Feinberg, Perry Weitz, Obama, Feinberg & Rozen

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$7.8 Billion Settlement Of Gulf Oil Spill Claims Announced By BP

Proposed $7.8 Billion Settlement Reached Between BP, Plaintiffs Over Gulf Oil Spill

Special Master Sought To Oversee Gulf Oil Spill Claims

Second Lawsuit Against Kenneth R. Feinberg, Feinberg Rozen, Gulf Coast Claims Facility Removed To Federal Court

Gulf Oil Spill Lawsuit Claims Unfair Delays, Inadequate Settlements, Denial of Rights of BP Victims by GCCF and Feinberg

Plaintiff Attorneys Urge Oil Spill Victims To Pursue Litigation, Not BP Compensation Fund

Gulf Oil Claims Facility Payouts Total $1.7 Billion To Date

The 2010 Gulf Oil Spill and Questions of Liability

Florida CFO Calls on Independent Claims Facility Administrator to State if Waiver of Future Claims by Oil Victims Will Be Required

Gulf Oil Spill Video: Michael K. Rozen's Interview about the BP $20B Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Compensation and Cleanup Fund