David Hammer / Eyewitness News Email: dhammer@wwltv.com | Twitter: @davidhammerWWL NEW ORLEANS -- A federal judge in New Orleans is holding a hearing Thursday to decide whether BP's settlement with thousands of oil spill claimants is fair. And billions of dollars are at stake – both for the claimants and their lawyers. A committee of plaintiffs’ lawyers say the [...]
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 4:24 pm by Emily Pickrell in Accidents, General, Gulf Oil Disaster As a federal judge prepares to rule on a proposed settlement related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, attorneys were in his New Orleans courtroom Friday arguing over how to apply a law passed in response to another disaster 20 years [...]
22nd October 2012 By Zoe Sullivan Contributing Writer Go Fish represents fisher folk from across the Gulf Coast and has been advocating for a just settlement for the 2010 BP oil disaster. On October 15, the Go Fish Coalition released a critical analysis of the Seafood Compensation Program (SCP). The SCP outlines the settlement terms proposed earlier this year by [...]
•The Associated Press •Posted September 25, 2012 at 12:37 p.m., updated September 25, 2012 at 4:37 p.m. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The head of the Mississippi Development Authority has rejected an appeal by opponents who sought to block rules for offshore gas and oil exploration and leasing from taking effect. In a Friday letter to Sierra Club attorney Robert [...]
Written by ANITA LEE The Sun Herald GULFPORT — Mississippi Power's lignite plant in Kemper County will be 70 percent finished, at a cost so far of $2 billion, by the time a Chancery Court judge decides in about a month whether construction should continue. The Sierra Club is asking Chancery Court Judge Jim Persons to revoke the certificate [...]
Published: Friday, September 14, 2012, 9:30 PM Updated: Friday, September 14, 2012, 9:57 PM By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune A request by Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, an organization representing fishers and other attorneys to reopen discovery in advance of approval of a $7.8 billion settlement of private claims against BP for damage caused by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon [...]
