by Associated Press Published: May 4,2012
Tags: accident, attorneys, claims, class-action lawsuit, courts, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, gas, judges, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, lawyers, legal, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — The federal judge who will decide whether to approve a class-action settlement of claims against BP PLC has scheduled a January 2013 trial for other claims spawned by the deadly blowout of the company’s deepwater well in the Gulf Mexico. After meeting yesterday behind closed doors with attorneys, U.S. District Judge Carl [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 3,2012
Tags: accident, bench, courts, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, judges, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge yesterday preliminarily approved a proposed class-action settlement that would resolve billions of dollars in claims against BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s ruling allows the settlement process to proceed, but he will hold a “fairness hearing” on Nov. 8 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 27,2012
Tags: athleitcs, athletes, automobile dealerships, automobiles, bankrupt, bankruptcy, car dealerships, courts, lawsuit, professional athletes, retail, settlement
JACKSON — A lawyer for Deuce McAllister says a deal has been reached with Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. in a federal lawsuit over the former Ole Miss and New Orleans Saints running back’s failed Mississippi car dealership. Attorney Joe Roberts tells The Associated Press the settlement has been submitted to the court for approval. He [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 25,2012
Tags: class action, courts, disaster, disastewr recovery, energy, environment, gas, habitat, judge, judicial, judiciary, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, settlement, spill, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a hearing on a proposed class-action settlement that would resolve billions of dollars in claims against BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP PLC and a team of plaintiffs’ attorneys are seeking U.S. District Judge Carl [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 9,2012
Tags: agriculture, beef, beef plant, beef processing, beef processor, cattle, courts, fraud, judges, judicial judiciary, livestock, settlement, state government
OAKLAND — Mississippi could soon settle its 2007 lawsuit against the firms that built the financially disastrous beef plant in the Yalobusha County town of Oakland. Jan Schaefer, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Jim Hood, said the state and Georgia’s Facility Group, which was hired to oversee construction of the plant, have reached agreement although [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 29,2012
Tags: courts, drugs, federal government, fraud, funding, manufacturing, marketing, medicine, pharmaceuticals, settlement
MADISON — A Mississippi-based pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve civil allegations that the manufacturer falsely marketed skin products to receive government funding. U.S. Attorney John M. Bales said yesterday Cypress Pharmaceutical Inc., a subsidiary and CEO Max Draughn will pay $1.6 million to the military’s TRICARE program and $1.2 million [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 26,2012
Tags: accident, courts, disaster, disaster recovery, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, settlement, tourism, tousits, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — The head of Transocean Ltd. says the company is hoping for a comprehensive legal settlement of claims resulting from the BP oil spill. Transocean chief executive Steve Newman told a conference of investment analysts in New Orleans today such a settlement would have “to recognize the relationship” between a drilling company and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 5,2012
Tags: courts, damages, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, hospitality, offhroe drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — BP’s multibillion-dollar settlement with people and businesses harmed by its 2010 oil spill removes some uncertainty about the potential financial damages it faces. It also may help the company restore its all-important relationship with the federal government. Although the oil company still has a few major legal and financial hurdles to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 27,2012
Tags: courts, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, judge, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, petroleum, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A judge has delayed the federal trial over the nation’s worst offshore oil disaster by a week, saying yesterday BP PLC was making some progress in settlement talks with a committee overseeing scores of lawsuits, according to people close to the case. Two people close to the case told The Associated Press [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2012
Tags: courts, disaster, energy, environment, explosion, gas, habitat, hospitality, lawsuit, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, pollution, restaurants, seafood, settlement, state government, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Mississippi’s share of a settlement from a minority partner in BP’s blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico will go into the state’s Pollution Emergency Fund. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality supervises the fund. Attorney General Jim Hood said in a news release yesterday that MOEX Offshore will spend another [...] [...]
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