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Mexico Expected to Sue BP Over Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

(Sept. 30) -- There could be one more very high-profile claimant joining in the lawsuit against oil giant BP over the spill in the Gulf of Mexico: Mexico itself, reports Reuters. Three Mexican states, Veracruz, Tamaulipas and Quintana Roo, have already filed claims against BP, citing a similar list of grievances as their...

BP's Pick for Oil Spill Uber Judge Has Unexpected Fans

(July 29) -- The federal judge BP wants to oversee hundreds of lawsuits filed against it in the wake of the gulf oil spill is a conservative, no-nonsense Texan who has lectured on ethics to petroleum geologists and has experience presiding over complex litigation. U.S. District Court Judge Lynn Hughes says he'd be happy...

Full Scope of Legal Action Against BP Starts to Emerge

(July 23) -- The fast-growing stack of lawsuits filed against BP over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will likely soon be consolidated before a single federal judge. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation will convene Thursday in Boise, Idaho, to hear arguments to combine the suits and avoid the legal chaos...