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Plaintiffs: BP uses 'coercive' tactics during oil spill claims process
Feinberg NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A motion filed in a Louisiana federal court claims that the Gulf Coast Claims Facility fails to comply with the Oil Pollution Act in how it administers payments to victims of the 2010 BP oil spill. -
Miss. AG's tobacco payment suit goes to trial
Hood PASCAGOULA, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - A county judge heard Monday a claim by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood that the State has received "substantially less" than it should have under a settlement agreement with tobacco company R.J. Reynolds. -
Miss. AG hopes GCCF audit is fair
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he hopes an independent audit of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility is just that. -
Audit of GCCF part of legislation
Feinberg WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner's request that the Justice Department begin the process of an impartial audit of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility has been included in legislation approved by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee Wednesday. -
Report: Miss. AG sues Feinberg
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood on Tuesday sued Ken Feinberg, the administrator of a fund for victims of the Gulf oil spill. -
9/11 fund administrator publishes draft rules
Sheila Birnbaum NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Special Master Sheila Birnbaum on Tuesday published draft regulations to govern the fund. -
New 9/11 fund administrator once tangled with Miss. AG
Birnbaum NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Sheila Birnbaum, an attorney who once represented State Farm Insurance Cos. in Hurricane Katrina litigation, has been picked as the next administrator of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund program. -
Feinberg, Miss. AG butt heads in oil spill MDL
Hood NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is arguing that citizens of his state are incapable of resolving their oil spill claims, according to Gulf Coast Claims Facility administrator Kenneth Feinberg. -
Feinberg's attorneys respond to criticism
Feinberg NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Attorneys for Gulf Coast Claims Facility administrator Kenneth Feinberg have filed a second formal response to critics in the BP oil spill multidistrict litigation. -
S.C. wins Risperdal case, damages to be determined
Wilson SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - The state of South Carolina has won its case against Janssen Pharmaceutica, as a jury decided Tuesday that the company illegally marketed the prescription antipsychotic Risperdal. -
Miss. Bar dismisses Zach Scruggs' complaint
Farese JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - A complaint made by the son of disgraced plaintiffs attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs about his lawyer's role in his guilty plea has been dismissed by the Mississippi Bar Association. -
South Carolina's Risperdal suit goes to trial
McMaster SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - South Carolina's lawsuit against Janssen Pharmaceutica over its prescription antipsychotic Risperdal went to trial Tuesday in the state's 7th Judicial Circuit Court. -
Hood plans town hall meetings on oil spill
Hood PASCAGOULA, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he plans to put pressure on Ken Feinberg, head of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. -
Oil spill judge reaffirms states' rights to choose counsel
Caldwell NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier issued an order Tuesday reaffirming the rights of states in pursuing litigation against BP for damages relating to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and subsequent oil spill. -
Oil spill judge rules Feinberg is an agent of BP
Feinberg NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier has issued a 15-page order stating that Gulf Coast Claims Facility administrator Kenneth Feinberg "cannot be considered 'neutral' or totally 'independent' of BP." -
Hood supports monitoring communications in BP MDL
Hood NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has filed a motion supporting the plaintiffs' request for monitoring alleged ex parte communications regarding the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. -
Oil spill judge clarifies state counsel order
Strange NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge handling litigation against oil giant BP said he has not deprived states of their own counsel in clarifying a pre-trial order last week. -
Caldwell, Hood voice gripes in oil spill situation
Caldwell NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Two state attorneys general are complaining about the manner in which victims of the BP oil spill are being compensated. -
Hood happy with Entergy ruling
Hood JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - An administrative law judge for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has found that electricity provider Entergy Corporation did not sell its lowest cost power to benefit its affiliated companies. -
La. jury reaches $258M verdict in Risperdal case
Caldwell BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) - A Louisiana jury has ordered Janssen Pharmaceutica to pay $258 million in a lawsuit brought by former state Attorney General Charles Foti and continued by his successor, Buddy Caldwell.