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Texas AG files lawsuit against BP for oil spill damages

May 20, 2013 1:01 PM
By Bryan Cohen

AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced a lawsuit Friday against BP America and other defendants for their contributions to the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon offshore oil spill. The enforcement action against BP America, Anadarko, Halliburton, Transocean … Read More »

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Hood files suit against BP over 2010 spill

April 23, 2013 12:43 PM
By Nathan Bass

JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed suit in state and federal courts Friday seeking to recover damages from BP that resulted from the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster. Former Mississippi Attorney General Mike C. … Read More »

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Fla. AG Bondi sues BP over oil spill

April 22, 2013 12:25 PM
By Bryan Cohen

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a lawsuit on Saturday against BP on the three-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Bondi’s office filed the lawsuit against BP and Halliburton in the Panama City … Read More »

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La. lawmaker seeks to dedicate BP Clean Water Act fines for coastal restoration

April 3, 2013 6:46 AM
By Kyle Barnett

BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A pre-filed bill in the House of Representatives by Rep. Simone Champagne (R–Jeanerette) would allow voters to decide on a constitutional amendment that would dedicate Clean Water Act fines from the 2010 BP oil … Read More »

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Federal judge OKs CSB probe of Deepwater Horizon disaster

April 2, 2013 9:28 AM
By Chris Dickerson

HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) — A federal judge has dismissed Transocean’s request to dismiss subpoenas for records of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal also said the independent Chemical Safety Board could investigate the accident. … Read More »

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BP trial day one: Ala. AG contends oil company was ‘blinded by their bottom line’

February 26, 2013 8:45 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says it is oil giant BP’s greed that has “devastated” the Gulf Coast states. In his opening statement in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Monday, … Read More »

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Report: Caldwell has paid more than $15M to outside lawyers on BP case

January 16, 2013 9:25 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) — Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has paid more than $15 million to outside lawyers for work on the state’s case against oil giant BP over the 2010 Gulf oil spill, according to a report … Read More »

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Ala. AG Strange proud he didn’t use private lawyers in BP oil spill case

October 25, 2012 12:23 PM
By John O'Brien

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange said Wednesday that he does not regret his decision not to use private attorneys in the State’s lawsuit against BP over the 2010 oil spill. Strange spoke about the oil spill … Read More »

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La. AG opposes proposed BP settlement of oil spill claims

September 12, 2012 10:30 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

Caldwell

NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, in a motion filed in federal court late last week, opposes an estimated $7.8 billion deal between BP and a committee representing plaintiffs over claims related to the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Read More »

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Ala. AG wants trial date set in Gulf Coast states’ suit against BP

April 23, 2012 1:22 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange is urging a federal judge in Louisiana to set a trial date to hear claims of lost tax revenue by the state and Louisiana against oil giant BP. Read More »

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