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U.K. Government Warns on Treatment of BP Over Oil Spill Claims

BP Plc got support from the U.K. government in its U.S. court fight over the level of compensation required under a settlement of lawsuits stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The U.K. told U.S. Supreme Court judges …

Fisherman Ordered to Repay $50,000 Oil Spill Claim Money

A court-appointed investigator says a fisherman should return more than $50,000 in BP oil spill claim money. Louis Freeh, the former FBI director appointed to investigate claims arising from the 2010 disaster, filed a federal court motion Tuesday to force …

BP Braced for Legal Long-Haul as Spill Payouts Leap

BP is digging in for a long legal battle over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Chief Executive Bob Dudley said on Tuesday after compensation costs soared for a second straight quarter. The payouts, the scale of which BP is …