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BP Seeks Restitution for Erroneous Gulf Oil Spill Payments

BP Plc has asked a U.S. judge to direct what it called a “vast number” of businesses to repay hundreds of millions of dollars it says were wrongly awarded as compensation on claims stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico …

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects BP’s Request to Halt Oil Spill Payments

BP Plc must pay potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in claims after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to halt disputed payments stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Rejecting a request from BP, the justices today said …

4 Years Later, BP Oil Spill Compensation Battle Continues

Four years after the Deepwater Horizon spill, oil is still washing up on the long sandy beaches of Grand Isle, Louisiana, and some islanders are fed up with hearing from BP that the crisis is over. Jules Melancon, the last …

BP Law Firm’s Oil Spill Claims Dispute Continues

BP is pressing a federal court to disallow a $7.9 million Gulf oil spill claim awarded to a Louisiana law firm. Friday’s filing in New Orleans is the latest development in disputes involving the Andry Law Firm, BP and former …

BP Bid to Stop Gulf Oil Spill Payments to Get Fast Court Review

BP Plc’s bid to block economic loss payments tied to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill unless the claims can be directly linked to the disaster won fast-track consideration by an appeals court. The London-based company said last week …

2 Top Officials Leave BP Oil Spill Claims Office

Two top officials of a fund that pays compensation in connection with the BP oil spill have resigned, just months after they were accused of engaging in improper conduct. Program head Patrick Juneau confirms that CEO David Odom and Chief …

Spill Victims Claim BP Wants Settlement Approval Reversed

Victims appealing BP Plc’s $9.6 billion settlement of most economic-damage claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill said the company also wants approval of the agreement reversed. The victims’ lawyers said in a filing in the U.S. Court of …