In happier days, actor Kevin Costner was winning acclaim for his reported efforts, with the help of a trial attorney, to develop a vaccum-cleaner-like machine to clean up oil spills…
BP claims in lawsuits filed yesterday that three contractors are responsible for the costs of the Gulf oil spill that has cost the company $40 billion in estimated expenses.
Department of Justice officials investigating the massive oil spill nearly a year ago in the Gulf of Mexico are considering possible perjury and manslaughter charges.
As the anniversary of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico approaches, Justice Department officials have only recently created a special task force to oversee a probe examining…
Kenneth Feinberg and the BP oil spill compensation fund are facing lawsuits by claimants who want to renounce their settlements so they can sue for more money.
BP isn’t happy with the settlements being offered by Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer it hired to oversee its $20 billion compensation fund for Gulf oil victims. But it’s indicating its…
A federal judge in New Orleans has held the Interior Department in civil contempt for its “dismissive conduct” after he struck down its moratorium on deepwater oil drilling.
Ken Feinberg can’t refer to himself as neutral and independent of BP as he oversees the company’s $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the Gulf oil spill, a federal…
Has Kenneth Feinberg become such a brand unto himself—at once unique and ubiquitous as the nation’s problem solver—that a truck running over him would end forever the Feinberg Way for…
After the Deepwater Horizon blew up in an inferno of flames in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, many assumed the fire on the drilling rig was an inevitable…
As civil and criminal investigations continue to determine responsibility for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that began April 20, the U.S. Department of Justice has sued…
A presidential commission investigating the Gulf oil spill has found that Halliburton provided a concrete mixture to seal the BP oil well that had failed three out of four laboratory…
A “corrupt culture” at BP concerning the oil giant’s compliance with safety regulations is responsible for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill earlier this year, a retired Environmental Protection…
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