August 2010
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Dead Bird Islands Cover Louisiana Bay
Lower Mississippi River Keepers, the Louisiana Environmental Action Network and the Pointe Au Chien Indian Tribe discover islands in Timbalier Bay, Louisiana covered with dead birds and a dead sea turtle. Tribal attorneys Patty Ferguson and Joel Waltzer from Waltzer & Wiygul reported the findings to Unified Incident Command. Stuart Smith of Smith & Stagg [...]
Waltzer Provides ABA Members Broad Perspective on Regulatory Causes of BP Disaster
Joel Waltzer, Waltzer & Wiygul, Prof. Holly Doremus of Berkeley Law School, Anne Rolfes of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and moderator Gregg Macey of Brooklyn Law School lectured on the regulatory causes and community impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill recently at a telephonic seminar to members of the American Bar Association. If you [...]
Capped and Done!, Doubt It…
By LESLIE EATON And ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON Politicians, environmentalists and lawyers along the Gulf Coast reacted with skepticism Wednesday to a report from the Obama Administration saying that about three-quarters of the oil spilled by a BP PLC well in the Gulf of Mexico has broken down or been cleaned up. The report, which was released [...]
MDL Panel: Case Goes to New Orleans
The Courts just ruled that the BP Deepwater Case will be heard in New Orleans: MDL Opinion EDLA, Barbier.
Oil Rig Permitting, Operations, Spill Prevention and Response Law
Waltzer & Wiygul’s legal outline of statutes and regulations relative to the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon and BP’s subsequent response: BP DH Oil Spill law
Damage Claims: Feinberg’s Proposed Rules
A new Third Party Administrator (Feinberg) will handle damage claims of affected workers and business and property owners. The proposed Feinberg rules are posted in this site’s Library, accessible on the top bar of this page. Attorney Joel Waltzer encourages your review: “This process must be transparent and open for comment to all, not just BP/Feinberg’s chosen few.”
