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Tara Pakrouh, Widener University School of Law

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled 2-1 Monday that British Petroleum (BP) must adhere to the terms of its Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement agreement with Gulf...

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday to uphold a district court ruling approving BP's settlement with parties who claim to have suffered financial loss due to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill [JURIST news...

US District Judge Carl Barbier for the US District Court Eastern District of Louisiana ruled on Tuesday that BP could not require businesses to provide proof their economic losses were directly caused by...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday reversed a district court ruling that interpreted a settlement agreement between BP and the class of parties injured in the Deepwater Horizon...

Halliburton pleaded guilty in US federal court on Thursday to charges that it had destroyed evidence in connection with its role in the BP oil spill in 2010. The company admitted that it had...

Judge Sally Shushan of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Wednesday ordered British Petroleum (BP) to pay the third quarter and some fourth quarter expenses for the gulf oil spill...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that Halliburton Energy Services has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill [JURIST...

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments Monday by BP alleging that the claims administrator was awarding damages to plaintiffs based on biased revenue...

British Petroleum (BP) filed an appeal Wednesday contesting the March 5 order of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana which approved the methods being used to calculate losses by the administrator...