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18 Aug 2010, 5:54 pm
BP will transfer responsibility for individual and business claims relating to the BP Oil Spill to the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) on August 23. [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 7:34 pm
Today, Kenneth Feinberg, Administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, testified before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Small Business. [read post]
20 Sep 2010, 7:58 am
Effective August 23, 2010, all Deepwater Horizon Incident (the “Spill”) claims must be filed with Gulf Coast Claims Facility (“GCCF”) and no longer with BP. [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 3:42 pm by Pace Law Library
The panel will also discuss and evaluate the claims handling process under the Oil Pollution Act ("OPA") and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, the fund administered by Ken Feinberg, including the protocols for the handling of those claims under that fund.Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010Format: Teleconference and Live Audio WebcastDuration: 90 minutes [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 11:23 am by Maritime Law Staff
– The chancellor of the Louisiana State University law center, Jack Weiss, has appointed a 25 member panel to hear appeals from claimants who were dissatisfied with the way the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) established by BP handles their claims. [read post]
12 Jul 2011, 7:32 am by Maritime Law Staff
NEW ORLEANS, La —  BP Oil Company filed a 29 page document with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility on Friday, July 8, arguing that most Gulf Oil Spill victims should not receive anymore payouts for future losses. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 2:45 pm
While an unknown amount of tort claims exist, a recent report noted that the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) created to administer the claims has already opened over 39,000 claims, from which it has dispersed over $38.5 million. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 11:24 am
[JURIST] The administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) [official website] announced Monday that the GCCF is in service and will begin processing claims [press release] from the $20 billion fund established by British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website] to aid victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in the Gulf of Mexico. [read post]
25 Jul 2011, 7:52 pm
We represent claimants before the Gulf Coast Claims Facility and also in Court Proceedings in the Eastern District of Louisiana. [read post]
30 Oct 2010, 12:25 pm
Gulf Coast Claims Facility chief Kenneth Feinberg has promised that two documents are being drafted that will provide information about what claimants can expect when the process enters its next stage on Nov. 23, the deadline for filing emergency claims. [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 8:58 am
A former employee at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast ("Gulf Coast"), a facility in Texas, has a filed a federal whistleblower action alleging that a local affiliate has violated the False Claims Act by defrauding the government of millions of dollars using Medicaid claims. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 2:38 pm
Despite the June 1st closing of eight Gulf Coast claim facilities, the GCCF will continue to process claims through August 22, 2013. [read post]
10 Aug 2010, 7:24 pm
According to recent news reports, BP, the Responsible Party, plans to file its own claim with the the Gulf Coast Claims Facility and/or the National Pollution Funds Center to pay for its own Oil Spill expenses of at least $4.5 billion. [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 3:03 pm
Following is the text of White House fact sheet on claims process for the cleanup of the Gulf Coast oil spill and compensation to victims: INDEPENDENT CLAIMS FACILITY A new, independent claims process will be created with the mandate to be fairer, faster and more transparent in paying damage claims by individuals and businesses. [read post]
18 Oct 2011, 9:18 am
On October 14, 2011, the Gulf Coast Claims Facility ("GCCF") mailed out a letter to BP Claimants with denied claims requesting that denied claimants FILE A NEW CLAIM FORM. [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 1:01 am
BP Plc (BP) wants to significantly limit future claims related to its Deepwater Horizon disaster as the region's economy recovers, the oil company said in a document made public on Friday and reported by Reuters.The Gulf economy is strong and "there is no basis to assume that claimants, with very limited exceptions, will incur a future loss related to the oil spill," BP said in its report filed with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility… [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 8:54 am
EAPD's Greg Hoffnagle is attending the BP Spill in the Gulf: Litigation & Insurance Coverage Conference in Miami, Florida and he is blogging from the conference.Earlier today, there were several interesting sessions, which addressed issues of fraud, disparate treatment of similar claims, mitigation of damages, improper contact with claimants represented by counsel and “proximity criteria” under the Gulf Coast Claim Facility… [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 4:39 pm
Instead, the settlement was reached between BP and its partner with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility simply signing off on it. [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 12:53 pm by Joe Tort
The Gulf Coast Claims Facility has appointed twenty-five people to serve as appeals judges for BP's private compensation system. [read post]