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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...

Brazil prosecutors plan to file criminal charges, in addition to the $11 billion civil suit, against Chevron officials for the 2,400 barrel oil spill off the coast of Brazil in the Campos Basin in...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Alaska on Tuesday dismissed the petition of federal prosecutors, finding that British Petroleum (BP) was not negligent in a 2009 oil...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi Tuesday remanded to state court the Mississippi attorney general's lawsuit against the administrator of the British Petroleum (BP) $20 billion...

JURIST Guest Columnist William Stanger, University of California, Davis School of Law Class of 2014, is a Staff Editor for the school's Business Law Journal. Stanger writes about the shortcomings of corporate social responsibility and how government should play a...

Laura Frano, University of Pittsburgh Law School of Law Class of 2012, is a certified legal intern at the University of Pittsburgh Environmental Law Clinic. She writes on the growing popularity of natural gas as an energy source and the...

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Friday ruled on motions to dismiss made by British Petroleum (BP) and other defendants in litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder;...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Friday dismissed consolidated racketeering claims against British Petroleum (BP) in connection with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama ruled Monday that environmental groups' lawsuit, challenging the government approval of oil drilling leases granted to the British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon...

A panel of judges for the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed a ruling Tuesday that would have forced the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) to...