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Ala. AG's office re-deputized private firm to avoid legal challenge from BP, has always intended to use firm for trial
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The State of Alabama has always intended to use private attorneys for a trial in its case against BP over a 2010 oil spill and has been working with a member of a politically connected firm who is on a leadership committee representing private parties, even after the firm saw its initial contract with the State cancelled.