BP settlement administrator urges judge to dismiss suit over damages determination
The court-appointed administrator responsible for determining and paying out damages to individuals affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill , on Monday asked the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana to dismiss...
Trial began Monday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana between individuals affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and British Petroleum (BP) . The other corporations involved [Reuters...
Federal judge rules BP not liable for 810,000 barrels of oil deemed collected
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Tuesday ruled that 810,000 barrels of oil collected by British Petroleum (BP) immediately following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC...
Federal judge accepts $1.4 billion plea deal over Gulf oil spill
A federal judge on Thursday accepted the guilty plea of Transocean Deepwater Inc. along with a criminal settlement of $400 million and $1 billion in civil penalties for the company's violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA)...
Federal judge accepts BP guilty plea, approves $4 billion oil spill settlement
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Tuesday accepted a plea agreement between British Petroleum (BP) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) ...
Transocean agrees to $1.4 billion settlement over Gulf oil spill
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced a settlement with Transocean Deepwater Inc. for the company's role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill . Transocean pleaded guilty ...
India judicial commission indicts former minister for illegal mining practices
The Justice M.B. Shah Commission of Inquiry , an Indian judicial committee investigating illegal mining practices, issued a report Friday that indicted Digambar Kamat, the former Chief Minister of the state of Goa , for permitting illegal...
Brazil judge suspends construction of dam in Amazon rainforest
A judge in Brazil ruled on Tuesday that construction on the Belo Monte Dam must stop until local indigenous communities are allowed to voice their opinions on the environmental impact of the dam. The Brazilian government declared ...
Brazil court orders Chevron to suspend drilling in light of oil spills
A federal court in Brazil on Wednesday ordered Chevron and drilling company Transocean to suspend all oil drilling in Brazil within 30 days in the wake of two oil spills off the coast of Rio de Janeiro....
Judge Carl Barbier for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana signed a case management order on Wednesday outlining the structure for the upcoming trial of Gulf oil spill ...
