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Second Lawsuit Against Kenneth R. Feinberg, Feinberg Rozen LLP And Gulf Coast Claims Facility Removed To Federal Court
Posted on 27 Jul 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

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... Read More

Tags: Oil Pollution Act , Gulf Oil spill , Damages , Kenneth Feinberg , MDL 2179 , Feinberg Rozen , GCCF , Deepwater Horizon , Salvesen , OPA , Litigation , Brian Donovan , lawsuit , Gulf Coast Claims Facility , BP oil spill , BP , Gulf of Mexico

U.S. Judge: Oil Spill Claims Czar Feinberg Not Independent Of BP
Posted on 4 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW ORLEANS - (AP) The administrator of the $20 billion compensation fund for Gulf oil spill victims is not independent from BP and must stop telling potential claimants that he is, a federal judge said in a ruling Wednesday that may spur more people... Read More

Tags: Oil Pollution Act , Gulf Oil spill , Ken Feinberg , spill claims , Judge Carl Barbier , sue , GCCF , Deepwater Horizon , OPA , Litigation , lawsuit , Gulf Coast Claims Facility , settle , BP , Gulf of Mexico

BP Waives $75M Cap For Some Oil Spill Claims
Posted on 19 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW ORLEANS - (AP) BP PLC informed a federal judge Monday that the company is waiving a $75 million cap on its liability for certain economic damage claims spawned by the massive Gulf oil spill. In a court filing, BP lawyers said the company is waiving... Read More

Tags: Oil Pollution Act , Gulf Oil spill , Steve Herman , Tony Hayward , Judge Carl Barbier , Kenneth Feinberg , liability , Ervin Gonzalez , oil spill , Deepwater Horizon , OPA , economic damage claims , Litigation , lawsuit , BP

New Orleans Gets Oil Spill MDL; MDL Panel Transfers 77 Suits To Judge Barbier
Posted on 11 Aug 2010 by HB Litigation Conferences

Courtesy of HB Litigation Conference's Oil Spill Litigation & Insurance Coverage Report New Orleans as been selected as the site of the oil spill litigation, according to an order issued Aug. 10, 2010, by the Panel on Multidistrict Litigation... Read More

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