Oil Spill Litigation

In an important victory for plaintiffs across the Gulf Coast, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a serious blow to BP last month when the court rejected BP’s attempt to block settlement payments to large numbers of victims. Specifically, BP had tried to prevent businesses from claiming a share of settlement funds unless they could clearly trace their losses…

A recent (and scathing) article in the Los Angeles Times took BP to task for its bad behavior over the past several months regarding its oil spill settlement. The article accuses officials at BP of displaying an unseemly buyer’s remorse regarding the settlement agreement it reached back in 2012 with private plaintiffs across the Gulf Coast who suffered damages as…

In a surprising twist, news reports have covered the increasingly hostile campaign led by BP’s lawyers to discredit Judge Carl Barbier, the U.S. District Court Judge who is presiding over several cases concerning BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Experts say that the lengths BP has gone to are surprising given that most companies would try to avoid publicly embarrassing the…

THERE IS STILL TIME TO FILE A FISHING SUBSISTENCE CLAIM! We are holding meetings on the Gulf Coast today: Sunday, November 3: 10am – 5pm View Showroom @ Island View Casino Resort 3300 West Beach Blvd., Gulfport, MS 39501 If you are unable to attend one of our meetings, please call us at and we will send you a packet.…

THERE IS STILL TIME TO FILE A FISHING SUBSISTENCE CLAIM! We are holding meetings on the Gulf Coast on the following dates: Saturday, November 2: 9am – 6pm Fair Hall (Auditorium) @ the Jackson County Fairgrounds 2902 Shortcut Rd., Pascagoula, MS 39567 Sunday, November 3: 10am – 5pm View Showroom @ Island View Casino Resort 3300 West Beach Blvd., Gulfport,…

In good news for people waiting on money from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement; U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier has lifted a temporary pause on approving some claims for payment. However, Barbier simultaneously extended the stay on payments for those businesses whose loses were being contested by BP. Judge Barbier issued a temporary injunction on payments late last…

BP has spent the better part of the past year complaining that its fund for compensating victims of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been rapidly depleted due to fictitious or exaggerated claims by some individuals and businesses located along the Gulf Coast. Last week the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion that partially sided with the…

In yet another indication of how brutally BP intends to fight to undercut the 2012 settlement agreement it signed with injured plaintiffs across the Gulf Coast following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the company has formally filed a request before a federal judge to ask that more than $25 million be cut from the budget of the Court Supervised Settlement…

The court-appointed claims administrator of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement program, Patrick Juneau, responded aggressively last week to claims made by BP that the process is mired in fraud. Juneau’s court filing was in response to BP’s recent motion before Judge Carl Barbier that all payments in the claims program be suspended until an investigation into fraudulent claims…

BP has yet again made a move to avoid paying the money it agreed to pay to injured plaintiffs in its 2012 oil spill settlement. BP announced that it would try and convince the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to overrule Judge Carl Barbier’s decision that approved the settlement agreement in the first place. BP’s lawyers are now arguing in…