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14 Mar 2007, 6:48 pm
As discussed in this previous post, BP Plc (LSE, NYSE: BP) and its chief executive Lord Browne of Madingley, are defendants in a derivative action in the US. [read post]
1 Apr 2008, 7:04 pm
BP Plc (LSE, NYSE: BP) has settled the derivative litigation pending against it. (3AN-06-11929CI, Unite Here National Retirement Fund et al vs. [read post]
27 Oct 2007, 3:08 am
BP plc settled three government investigations by agreeing to pay a total of $373 million in fines, restitution, and civil penalties. [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 7:56 pm by Jon L. Gelman
The Associated Press: BP, plaintiffs reach Gulf oil spill settlement: "BP PLC and a committee representing plaintiffs suing over the 2010 Gulf oil spill have reached an agreement, a federal judge said late Friday night. [read post]
16 Apr 2007, 10:14 am
Further to the annotations to the BP Plc 20-F and DaimlerChrysler AG 20-F, the AGMs have now taken place and the results are in. [read post]
9 Jun 2014, 9:27 am by Lyle Denniston
The Supreme Court, after pondering the issue for nearly two weeks, on Monday turned down a plea by the British oil giant BP PLC to spare it from having to pay out more than $600 million for economic damage claimed to have been done by the massive oil spill from a BP offshore well in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010. [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 9:09 am by David Ingram
BP PLC today named two lawyers to serve as trustees of the planned $20 billion fund for oil spill victims, on the same day the company announced an initial payment to the fund. [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 1:49 pm
As previously discussed on this blog, the United States District Court in the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division had scheduled a hearing for October 7, 2008, in the plea agreement that the United States had reached with BP PLC on the criminal case over the 2005 explosion at BP's Texas City refinery. [read post]
13 May 2011, 6:31 pm
NEW ORLEANS, LA - Hundreds of lawsuits against British Petroleum Plc (BP) have been consolidated in Federal Court in New Orleans alleging that the company is refusing to accept liability for losses due to the BP oil spill following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. [read post]
10 Aug 2007, 2:50 am
Oil giant BP plc had earlier disclosed that its commodity trading operation was being investigated by the CFTC and the Department of Justice, and its most recent disclosure (here) indicates that the probe is expanding. [read post]
27 May 2010, 11:49 am by David Ingram
A top BP PLC executive declined to be specific today when pressed at a congressional hearing to say what kind of claims the company will pay from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. [read post]
15 Dec 2010, 12:54 pm by Mike Scarcella
The Justice Department today entered the litigation fray over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, suing a division of the oil giant BP PLC and eight other defendants for alleged safety and occupational violations. [read post]
13 May 2011, 2:04 pm by Maritime Law Staff
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Hundreds of lawsuits against British Petroleum Plc (BP) have been consolidated in Federal Court in New Orleans alleging that the company is refusing to accept liability for losses due to the BP oil spill following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 11:45 am by Maritime Law Staff
Salazar told Bloomberg News in a conference call with reporters that there was no agreement with BP, PLC to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 11:46 am by Maritime Law Staff
BP Plc, operator of the Macondo well that caused the worst oil spill disaster in the history of the United States, is expected to reach a settlement with the U.S. [read post]
19 Jun 2010, 7:00 am
., owner of 25 percent of the damaged Macondo well pouring 60,000 barrels of crude per day into the Gulf of Mexico says BP Plc, the project's operator, should pay the costs from the spill because it acted recklessly and unsafely at the drilling site. [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 12:11 pm by David Ingram
Kenneth Feinberg, in his new role overseeing compensation for oil spill victims, told a congressional committee Wednesday that he believes BP PLC should be made to pay for injuries that occur during clean-up. [read post]
5 Sep 2011, 12:21 pm by Maritime Law Staff
HARRIS COUNTY, TX – Halliburton has filed a lawsuit against BP PLC Friday, Sept 2, in the Texas state court claiming negligent misrepresentation, business disparagement and defamation related to the Deepwater Horizon disaster that caused the Gulf of Mexico oil spill last year. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 2:29 pm by Bloomberg
The Supreme Court refused to review BP Plc’s $9.7 billion settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, turning away the company’s argument that hundreds of millions of dollars are going to businesses that weren’t harmed. [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 10:57 am by Maritime Law Staff
NEW ORLEANS, LA – On Tuesday, January 31, 2012, a Federal Judge made a ruling in the civil case involving BP, Plc and Halliburton, the company that provided the cement that was supposed to seal off the Macondo well head in the Gulf Oil Spill disaster in April, 2010. [read post]