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BP Oil Spill Lawsuits Assigned to New Orleans Judge

(Aug. 11) -- A federal judge in New Orleans has been selected to oversee more than 300 lawsuits against BP and its partners over the gulf oil spill. U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier was named Tuesday by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to handle all pretrial issues in the suits filed on behalf of...

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...

BP and Plaintiffs Jockey for Edge Ahead of Key Ruling

(July 28) -- The seven federal judges who will meet Thursday in Boise to select a judge to oversee the scores of lawsuits filed in the wake of the Gulf Coast oil disaster will be making a choice fraught with unprecedented political and legal ramifications. "This is one of the more complex selection processes that will...

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...