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BA lawyer appointed to help manage Actos bladder cancer litigation
Nineteen plaintiffs attorneys, including Beasley Allen attorney Andy Birchfield, have been appointed to manage litigation involving claims that Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co.’s type 2 diabetes drug Actos causes bladder cancer. Takeda, Asia’s largest drug maker, may face as many as 10,000
Plaintiffs Steering Committee in BP Gulf oil spill litigation announces settlement in principle with BP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 2, 2012 – NEW ORLEANS – The Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) spearheading the litigation surrounding the 2010 BP Gulf Oil Spill today announced that a settlement in principle has been reached with BP that will
Start of BP oil spill trial delayed one week
The trial to determine liability for the largest oil spill in U.S. history was set to begin Feb. 27, in New Orleans, Louisiana. However, Judge Carl Barbier, under whom the litigation is consolidated in U.S. District Court in New Orleans,
BP partner MOEX settles oil-spill claims with U.S., state governments
MOEX Offshore, a 10-percent owner in BP’s Macondo well, agreed Friday to pay the federal government and Gulf states $90 million to settle claims involving BP’s 2010 oil spill, which left hundreds of square miles of the Gulf of Mexico
Lawmakers race to ensure BP oil spill fine money goes to Gulf States
Congressional representatives and municipal officials from the Gulf Coast are in Washington pushing for legislation that would direct billions of dollars in BP oil-spill fine money to the states harmed by the 2010 spill before time runs out.
NTSB probing Louisiana helicopter crash that killed two pilots
MORGAN CITY, LA – National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators are trying to determine what caused a Robinson R-44 helicopter to crash near Bell Isle, Louisiana, January 19, killing two experienced pilots on their way to a meeting.
Environmental group sues energy company over ongoing Gulf oil spill
In December we reported how BP wasn’t the only driller fouling the Gulf of Mexico with oil; 10 miles off the Louisiana coast and just a few miles away from BP’s blown-out Macondo well, which flooded the Gulf with 206
Lawsuit claims BP fired Miss. man for blowing whistle on oil cleanup
A former BP employee who helped form BP’s oil-spill cleanup response in Mississippi is suing the oil giant, alleging his bosses terminated him after he complained to them about how the company was handling cleanup efforts.
Actos bladder cancer lawsuits consolidated in Louisiana
Lawsuits against drug company Takeda claiming its type 2 diabetes drug Actos causes bladder cancer have been consolidated before one judge in federal court in Louisiana. The Federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation sent the lawsuits to the Western District
Lawsuit says city, state could have prevented deadly I-10 New Orleans pileup
A Pearl River, Louisiana, resident who was injured in the December 29 pileup on Interstate 10 in New Orleans has filed a lawsuit against the city of New Orleans and other defendants, alleging a combination of negligent acts caused the
