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10 Jun 2013, 11:17 am by Tom Kosakowski
; BP Closing Its Ombuds Office; BP Ombuds Comments on Decision to Shut Down Office; Corporate Secretary Magazine: Time for an Ombudsman? [read post]
16 Nov 2012, 5:56 am by Richard
Department of Justice pertains only to BP's corporate criminal liability. [read post]
30 Sep 2019, 12:53 pm by Eversheds Sutherland
Reuters reports that BP has signed a 15-year LNG supply deal with South Korea’s state-run natural gas company, Korea Gas Corporation (“KOGAS”). [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 1:35 pm by buslawblogger
District Court has dismissed a BP shareholder derivative suit claiming that BP's directors and officers breached their fiduciary duties to the corporation when they "engaged in a pattern of disregard for the safety of BP's energy exploration operations. [read post]
27 Jul 2010, 8:05 pm by Mike
It is criminal, as well as totally lawful, for BP to force United States taxpayers to pay for the BP oil spill:Under the U.S. corporate tax law, companies can take credits up to 35% of their loss. [read post]
12 Sep 2014, 3:45 pm
In the absence of such a corporate policy, Judge Barbier found that BP cannot be held liable for punitive damages under general maritime law. [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 12:15 pm by Dan Taglioli
[JURIST] Russia's Federal Arbitration Court in Tyumen on Friday ordered British Petroleum (BP) to pay 100 billion rubles (US$3.1 billion) in damages to TNK-BP, BP's 50-50 joint venture with Alfa Access Renova (AAR) [corporate websites], a consortium representing four Russian billionaire tycoons. [read post]
28 Jan 2015, 1:49 am by Paul Caron
PIRG, Real Value of Deepwater Horizon Disaster Payments Depend on BP’s Tax Deductions: As British Petroleum (BP) goes through the final phases of closing out its liabilities under the Clean Water Act, public understanding of the real value of the corporation’s payments to address the damage caused by the... [read post]
25 Oct 2007, 4:08 pm
[JURIST] British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website] will pay approximately $373 million in fines and restitution to settle three separate claims [press release] against the corporation, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Thursday. [read post]
6 Aug 2013, 2:11 pm by Mark Zamora
That blame still remains with BP.Instead of pitying BP and corporations like it, let’s focus on fixing the root of the problem: the dangerous products, negligence and corporate wrongdoings that harm Americans.BURTON LeBLANCWashington, July 31, 2013 [read post]
28 Dec 2011, 6:28 am by Alexandra Malatesta
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Alaska [official website] on Tuesday dismissed the petition of federal prosecutors, finding that British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website; JURIST news archive] was not negligent in a 2009 oil spill. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 1:21 pm by Jerry Votava
[JURIST] Judge Carl Barber of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana [official website] Thursday issued an order [text, PDF] that British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website] will be held liable for a portion of the damages owed by Transocean [corporate website] stemming from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
18 May 2010, 9:37 am
[JURIST] DC-based consumer advocacy organization Food and Water Watch (FWW) [advocacy website] filed suit [complaint, PDF] in a US district court Monday against the US Department of Interior (DOI) and the Minerals Management Service (MMS) [official websites] for an injunction to halt drilling at the BP Atlantis Facility [corporate website] in the Gulf of Mexico. [read post]
18 Apr 2012, 10:53 am by Max Slater
[JURIST] British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website] and a group of plaintiffs' attorneys sought preliminary approval [BP press release] from a federal judge on Wednesday on a settlement agreement between the oil company and individuals and businesses adversely affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
3 Jul 2015, 2:25 am by Dominic Yobbi
The agreement, the largest corporate settlement in US history, will add to the $43.8 billion that BP had budgeted for penalties and cleanup costs, bringing the total cost [Reuters fact sheet] of the spill for BP to $53.8 billion. [read post]
5 May 2010, 6:37 am by admin
Although the ecological implications of the Deepwater Horizon disaster are of paramount concern to BP, the corporation is also facing substantial legal bills in the form of personal injury claims relating to the oil rig explosion. [read post]
28 Aug 2012, 6:30 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
BP is a corporate criminal with a long rap sheet of safety and environmental violations. [read post]