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• Gulf Oil Spill Settlement Could Exceed $7.8B in Payments By BP

  March 5, 2012

  Staff Writers

  To settle claims for damages suffered by businesses, consumers and others as a result of the catastrophic oil spill in...

• Gulf Coast Oil Spill Was A Result of Systemic Industry Problems: Report

  January 12, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Government investigators have determined that responsibility for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill rests squarely on the shoulders of BP,...

• Justice Dept. Files Gulf Coast Oil Spill Lawsuit

  December 22, 2010

  Staff Writers

  BP, formerly known as British Petroleum, is just one of nine companies named in a civil lawsuit filed by the...

• Report Warns of Possible Long-term Side Effects of Oil Spill

  August 17, 2010

  Staff Writers

  Scientists are warning that residents of the Gulf Coast may suffer long-term health effects, including respiratory problems, cancer, skin ailments...

• BP Oil Spill Lawsuits Centralized in New Orleans

  August 11, 2010

  Staff Writers

  The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has decided that all federal lawsuits over the BP oil spill, which range...

• MDL Panel Set To Consider Centralization of BP Oil Spill Litigation Next Week

  July 23, 2010

  Staff Writers

  A panel of federal judges will hear arguments next week to determine whether the mounting federal litigation over the Gulf...

• BP Gulf Oil Spill Lawsuits

  May 1, 2010

  AboutLawsuits

  In April 2010, a massive BP oil spill began after an explosion and fire sank the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform...