2010 Gulf Oil Spill

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former Halliburton manager has pleaded guilty to destroying evidence after the rig explosion that spawned BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Sixty-two-year-old Anthony Badalamenti of Katy, Texas faces a maximum sentence of 1 year in prison and a $100,000 fine after his guilty plea Tuesday in U...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Plaintiffs' attorneys who brokered a multibillion-dollar settlement with BP following the company's 2010 Gulf oil spill have asked a federal appeals court to uphold a judge's approval of the deal. In a court filing Tuesday, the private lawyers say only a "paltry few objectors" have raised the "narrowest of concerns" about the settlement that U...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP is trying to persuade a federal appeals court that it should throw out a judge's approval of the company's multibillion-dollar settlement related to the Gulf oil spill if a separate appeal is unsuccessful. Last year, BP joined plaintiffs' attorneys in urging U...

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BP claims thousands of businesses secured hundreds of millions of dollars in payments for inflated and fictitious losses.