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Gulf Coast Oil Spill Disaster
BP Oil Spill Compensation Fund Claimants May be Asked to Transfer Legal Rights
Nov 18, 2010
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It’s already been determined that victims of the BP oil spill who accept a payment for final damages from the Gulf Coast Claims Facility will...
BP Oil Spill Report Questions Rig Workers' Training
Nov 17, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
A report on the BP oil spill from the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Research Council (NRE) has concluded that “an...
BP Oil Spill Could Have Long-Term Impacts on Wildlife, Scientists Say
Nov 11, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
A group of scientists says the long-term affects of the BP oil spill on Gulf of Mexico wildlife are not yet apparent, and that the federal ...
BP Oil Spill Panel Commissioners Fault Lack of Safety Culture
Nov 10, 2010
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The White House BP oil spill commission has faulted the oil company and its partners on the doomed Deepwater Horizon oil rig over a complacent...
BP Unprepared for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Former CEO Admits
Nov 9, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
The former CEO of BP PLC has admitted the oil giant was unprepared for a disaster like the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. In an interview with...
BP Oil Spill Fund Claims Administrator Will Allow Emergency Payouts to Realtors
Nov 8, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the BP oil spill compensation fund, has decided to set aside $60 million of the $20 billion fund to pay Gulf...
Dead Coral Found Near BP Oil Spill
Nov 5, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
Just 7 miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, scientist are finding dead and dying coral. Not surprisingly, the BP oil spill...
As BP Oil Spill Emergency Claims Deadline Looms, Payment Denials Spike
Nov 2, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
With the deadline to file emergency BP oil spill claims just weeks away, it seems more people are having their claims turned down. More than 20,000...
Halliburton Cement Work Faulted in BP Oil Spill
Oct 29, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
Halliburton Co., the contractor that performed cement work aboard BP’s doomed Deepwater Horizon oil rig, has admitted that it did not perform...
Greenpeace Says Oil from BP Spill Remains in Gulf
Oct 26, 2010
| Parker Waichman LLP
The environmental group Greenpeace isn’t buying the government’s assertions that most of the oil from the BP oil spill has disappeared...
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