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Beasley Allen lawyer: BP oil-spill lawsuits are moving along

Posted: December 9, 2010 Environmental

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

Posted: November 29, 2010 Environmental

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 readying itself for unprecedented government fines for oil spill

Posted: September 27, 2010 Environmental

On August 12, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced BP finally agreed to pay a record $50.6-million fine for safety violations that led to the 2005 explosion at its Texas City, Texas, refinery that killed 15 workers and injured

BP report finds others to blame for Gulf oil spill

Posted: September 16, 2010 Environmental

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

Posted: September 15, 2010 Environmental

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"

Posted: August 23, 2010 Environmental

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

Posted: June 9, 2010 Environmental

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

Posted: June 8, 2010 Environmental

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

Posted: June 3, 2010 Environmental

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

Posted: May 21, 2010 Environmental

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,