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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 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]
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]
7 Jul 2010, 10:45 am by Hopkins
If a corporation wants to participate in capitalism it goes with a certain level of corporate responsibility. [read post]
7 Jul 2010, 10:45 am by Hopkins
If a corporation wants to participate in capitalism it goes with a certain level of corporate responsibility. [read post]
12 Jul 2019, 2:00 am by vrose
The City alleged that the […] The post Oil Corporations Defeat City’s Claim appeared first on CityLand. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 10:15 am
Adding a modern page to the PR book on handling corporate disasters, BP has bought search engine keywords related to the Gulf oil spill to help counter the tide of bad publicity. [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]
9 Aug 2010, 12:49 pm
[JURIST] British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website] and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Monday announced [DOJ press release; BP press release] the completion of negotiations over the implementation of a $20 billion fund [JURIST report] to aid victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in the Gulf of Mexico. [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]
23 May 2014, 6:25 am by G. Redd
[JURIST] British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website] announced [press release] Wednesday that it will appeal a recent US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision to the US Supreme Court [official websites]. [read post]
21 Sep 2013, 6:43 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
From Jurist: Halliburton [corporate website] pleaded guilty [DOJ press release] in US federal court on Thursday to charges that it had destroyed evidence in connection with its role in the BP oil spill in 2010. [read post]
15 Dec 2010, 11:48 am
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] filed suit [complaint text; press release] Wednesday against units of British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website] and several other companies over the April Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], which resulted in an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. [read post]
25 Dec 2013, 3:32 am by Cynthia Miley
Under the $9.2 billion settlement, BP had agreed that businesses in certain geographical regions were presumed to have economic losses from the oil... [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 6:52 am
King filed an additional lawsuit in the federal district court in Montgomery on Thursday against Transocean, Halliburton [corporate websites] and other companies associated with the oil spill on... [read post]
11 May 2010, 9:15 am by Mike
The BP-Halliburton Oil Spill didn't "just happen. [read post]
11 Jan 2014, 10:20 am by Nicholas Tomsho
[JURIST] A federal appeals court ruled [opinion; pdf] on Friday to uphold a district court ruling approving BP's [corporate website] settlement with parties who claim to have suffered financial loss due to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
3 Mar 2012, 12:00 pm by Dan Taglioli
[JURIST] British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website] on Friday announced an estimated $7.8 billion class action settlement [press release] to resolve the majority of claims [materials] filed by individual and business plaintiffs after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 2:48 pm
[JURIST] The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill[official website] released its full final report [text] on Tuesday, tracing the deeper root causes of the spill and recommending steps to avoid future incidents. [read post]
17 Jul 2011, 9:12 am by Maureen Cosgrove
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Friday dismissed [order, PDF] consolidated racketeering claims against British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website] in connection with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. [read post]