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NEW ORLEANS - A group of landowners along the Gulf Coast and three oyster fisheries in Louisiana on Nov. 1 officially opted out of BP PLC's proposed $7.8 billion settlement for economic loss and medical claims arising from the oil spill caused by...

HOUSTON - In an opinion made available on Oct. 7, a federal judge in New York significantly trimmed the claims in a securities class action complaint filed by Ohio state pension funds against BP PLC., two of its subsidiaries and three former officers...

NEW ORLEANS - In a proposed brief filed Aug. 31 in response to BP PLC's motion for final approval of a $7.8 billion settlement for economic and property damages caused by the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and ensuing oil spill in...

NEW ORLEANS - Excess insurers filed suit on July 31 in Louisiana federal court seeking a declaration regarding coverage obligations for the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (Great American Insurance Company of New York, et al. v. BP Exploration...

NEW ORLEANS - Transocean Deepwater Drilling Inc.'s motion to stay pending appeal of the enforcement of government subpoenas requiring the owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig to produce documents related to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation...

NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Department of Justice on April 24 announced that a former engineer for BP PLC was arrested for two counts of obstructing justice in the criminal investigation of the April 20, 2010, explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Transocean Ltd., the owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded in April 2010, resulting in a historic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, said in a Form 8-K filed Sept. 10 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that...

NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation for claims arising from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig and ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico gave preliminary approval for two separate class settlement...

NEW ORLEANS - BP PLC announced Nov. 15 that it would plead guilty to a dozen felony charges brought by the federal government and pay $4.5 billion in penalties over its involvement in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and ensuing oil spill...

NEW ORLEANS - An appeal by three environmental groups seeking to vacate an amended judgment that requires the U.S. government to act upon six offshore drilling permits within 30 days was dismissed by a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May...

NEW ORLEANS - BP PLC and plaintiffs in the federal multidistrict litigation in Louisiana for claims arising from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig and ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico jointly filed for preliminary court approval for two...

NEW ORLEANS - The federal judge in Louisiana who is presiding over litigation stemming from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon and ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 6 awarded summary judgment to the defendants in suits brought by three...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Justice announced that on Feb. 14 a federal judge in Louisiana accepted Transocean Ltd.'s guilty plea for violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) over its conduct leading to the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater...

NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana federal judge on Aug. 16 denied an insurer's motion for judgment on the pleadings in a coverage dispute arising out of the BP oil spill because there is sufficient evidence showing that the insurer owes coverage for the insured's...

NEW ORLEANS - A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 3 found that a BP well site leader who was aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig must submit to an examination by a court-appointed psychiatrist and provide his medical records to the court...