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Russia's Federal Arbitration Court in Tyumen on Friday ordered British Petroleum (BP) to pay 100 billion rubles (US$3.1 billion) in damages to TNK-BP, BP's 50-50 joint venture with Alfa Access Renova (AAR) , a consortium representing four Russian...

A coalition of environmental protection organizations sued the US Department of the Interior , Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and other officials on Tuesday in an effort to block offshore oil drilling by Royal Dutch Shell [corporate...

The Federal Arbitration Court in Tyumen on Monday ordered a new hearing in a lower court in a lawsuit against British Petroleum (BP) . The suit was brought by minority shareholders in BP's Russian venture, TNK-BP, alleging that...

JURIST Guest Columnist Tim McEvoy, an attorney for Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, says that the settlement agreement between BP and affected plaintiffs in the wake of Deepwater Horizon has benefits, but also has certain drawbacks...The April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon...

A federal judge on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a proposed settlement with British Petroleum (BP) over the Gulf oil spill in 2010. BP and a group of plaintiffs' attorneys sought preliminary...

British Petroleum (BP) and a group of plaintiffs' attorneys sought preliminary approval from a federal judge on Wednesday on a settlement agreement between the oil company and individuals and businesses adversely affected by the...

British Petroleum (BP) on Friday announced an estimated $7.8 billion class action settlement to resolve the majority of claims filed by individual and business plaintiffs after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder;...

Judge Carl Barbier of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana postponed the trial over the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill Monday, hours before it was set...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted Thursday to issue the first US license for a new nuclear power plant in over 30 years. In a 4-1 vote the NRC approved an application by Southern Company...

Judge Carl Barbier of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Thursday issued an order that British Petroleum (BP) will be held liable for a portion of the damages owed...