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BP Oil Spill Trial Continued; Settlement Discussions Continue
BP Update: Court Date Postponed February 26, 2012 The Court today decided to postpone the start of the three month trial to March 5, 2012 to allow settlement discussions to continue. Waltzer & Wiygul has participated in settlement discussions to resolve private claims arising from the BP MC252 Deepwater Horizon disaster. Waltzer & Wiygul will continue to push for [...]
Commercial Fisheries In Decline Near Oiled Seafloor
An analysis provided on this page by Joel Waltzer of Waltzer & Wiygul of recent fisheries data obtained from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and FIsheries shows that MC252 oil spilled as a result of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion has caused long term damage to deepwater and shallow fisheries in Louisiana. The most [...]
Oil Drilling to Resume in the Gulf’s Deep Waters
By JOHN M. BRODER and CLIFFORD KRAUSS Published: February 28, 2011 LinkedinDiggMixxMySpacePermalink.WASHINGTON — The Interior Department said Monday that it had approved the first new deepwater drilling permit in the Gulf of Mexico since the BP explosion and spill last spring, a milestone after a period of intense uncertainty for industry and a wholesale remaking [...]
Oil Spill Clean-Up Draws Down
Unified Command is scaling down shoreline oil removal. The “how clean is clean?” issue is being decided right now. Treatment methods, such as tilling the remaining oil into the beach sand, are presently under consideration. To download plans under review, follow the link embedded in the title of this article. Click: Louisiana Stage III Shoreline [...]
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
