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Beasley Allen lawyer: BP oil-spill lawsuits are moving along
MONTGOMERY, ALA—The state of Alabama’s lawsuits against BP PLC and its business partners are advancing smoothly and have an advantage over others, Rhon Jones of Beasley Allen told the Mobile Press-Register.
Scientists say BP oil spill likely culprit in massive coral die-off
According to National Geographic magazine, scientists discovered a massive deep-sea coral die-off this month about 7 miles southwest of the site where BP’s blown-out well spewed millions of gallons of crude oil for months.
BP report finds others to blame for Gulf oil spill
Was BP grossly negligent in causing the Gulf oil spill, or do the contractors hired by the oil giant, including the Deepwater Horizon rig’s owner, share blame for the disaster? The answer to that question is worth about $40 billion,
Enormous mass of dead fish troubles scientists and Louisiana residents
Oceanographers and scientists have been warning that only time will reveal how much damage BP’s massive oil spill and its use of chemical oil dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico have done to the environment and marine ecology. This week
New Orleans mayor says BP is ready to "cut and run"
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu told an audience at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on Thursday that he lacks faith in BP and doesn’t trust the company to do the right thing in the aftermath of the oil
Satellite images reveal another Gulf oil spill
BP isn’t the only oil company currently spilling crude oil into the Gulf from defective wells and broken riser pipes, satellite images reveal. An offshore rig named the Ocean Saratoga has been spewing oil into the water since at least
BP explosion exposes antiquated laws and limits
Members of Congress are working to repeal the Death on the High Seas Act of 1920 (commonly referred to as DOSHA), an antiquated law that sets limits on the damages that family members and other dependents can collect in the
US launches criminal investigation of BP
The U.S. government has opened a widely anticipated criminal and civil investigation of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. The announcement steps up the pressure on the British oil company,
Prominent Ala. attorney files another BP class action
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – Alabama plaintiffs firm Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles has filed another class action lawsuit against BP and other companies related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The lawsuit,
