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27 Nov 2012, 10:56 pm
Linda Mullenix (Texas) has posted to SSRN Prometheus Unbound: The Gulf Coast Claims Facility as a Means for Resolving Mass Tort Claims--A Fund Too Far. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 5:58 am
Friend or Foe: The Gulf Coast Claims Facility oil-spill compensation fund and its administrator, Kenneth Feinberg, have been the target of complaints by plaintiffs' lawyers and state officials. [read post]
4 Aug 2012, 6:28 am
Many Gulf Coast and Alabama businesses have not yet submited a claim under the recent BP Oil Spill class action settlement because owners and/or management have misconceptions about the conditions and requirements for making a claim. [read post]
31 Aug 2010, 8:48 am
Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 1st there will be a training for stakeholders including nonprofits to better understand the tax obligations behind funding received from the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 7:24 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana [official website] on Wednesday ordered [opinion, PDF] the administrator for the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) [official website] to refrain from characterizing himself as independent from British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website] in communications with victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico.… [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 9:00 am
[JURIST] Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood [official website] on Tuesday requested that the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana [official website] order the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) [official website] to fulfill its legal obligations to aid victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in the Gulf of Mexico. [read post]
15 Nov 2010, 11:41 am
BP Oil Spill/Gulf Coast Claims Facilityupdate by Knox Boteler, Attorney at LawBy now, many Gulf Coast business owners have proceeded with or contemplated the filing of a claim for loss of business revenue with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. [read post]
24 Nov 2010, 12:25 pm
The final protocol for claims related to the BP oil spill was released today by the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 10:57 am
Thus far, the claims process has been handled by the Gulf Coast Claims Facility ("GCCF"), with Kenneth Feinberg, who was appointed to the position by President Obama, overseeing the payouts. [read post]
26 Oct 2010, 1:03 am
Kenneth Feinberg, Administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility ("GCCF"), announced that geographic proximity to the BP Deepwater Horizon incident would not preclude a legitimate individual or business claim. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 7:19 am
A new decision from Kenneth Feinberg and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) will double the payments shrimpers and crabbers affected by the April 2010 BP oil spill receive. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 7:56 am
The Gulf Coast Claims Facility ("GCCF") -- the agency responsible for doling out the $20 billion fund that was set up by BP as a result of the April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon incident (the "Spill") -- has issued its Protocol for the submission and resolution of Interim and Final Claims. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 3:02 pm
Health claims have not been paid as part of the existing Gulf Coast Claims Facility. [read post]
4 Jan 2011, 9:28 am
Adler) Some might raise an eyebrow at reports NYU law professor Stephen Gillers was paid $950/hour by the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (the entity administering the fund for the BP oil spill’s victims) to determine whether the fund’s administrator was sufficiently independent from BP, but that’s nothing. [read post]
7 Feb 2011, 9:43 am
Barbier ruled on Feb. 2 that when the Gulf Coast Claims Facility and director Ken Feinberg process claims, they must follow a script that plaintiff lawyers drafted. [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 9:10 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi [official website] Tuesday remanded to state court [order, PDF] the Mississippi attorney general's lawsuit against the administrator of the British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website] $20 billion Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] reparations fund, the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) [official website]. [read post]
29 Dec 2010, 10:21 am
The Center for Justice & Democracy, a citizens' advocacy group, isn’t about to back down from British Petroleum, the mega-national corporation that devastated the Gulf Coast.The CJ&D has asked various Gulf Coast attorneys general to launch an immediate investigation into possible conflict of interest between BP and the administration of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility by Kenneth Feinberg.The CJ&D letter objects to… [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 2:23 pm
Landrieu (D-LA) and Ken Feinberg, Administrator of the Independent Claims Facility for BP’s $20 billion escrow fund, will host public meetings in Larose and Violet, Louisiana, tomorrow, to get input from individuals and businesses affected by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Last week, President Obama announced that Mr. [read post]
15 Dec 2010, 4:20 am
” The Gulf Coast Claims Facility has received more than 460,000 requests for money. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 12:12 pm
SUMMARY OF OPTIONS FOR FINAL AND INTERIM PAYMENT CLAIMSIn November, 2010, Ken Feinberg and his administrators with the Gulf Coast Claim Facility (GCCF) established the following procedures for final and interim payment claims. [read post]
