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Gulf Oil Spill MDL Court Issues Trial CMO

By Sean Wajert on September 22, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action

The court managing the Gulf oil spill MDL recently entered an important case management order defining the structure and scope of the upcoming trial o…
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Marital Privilege Over Emails Rejected in Oil Spill Litigation

By Sean Wajert on April 13, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical

The massive litigation over the Gulf oil spill has spawned a wide range of significant legal issues. Here’s an interesting little one. The magistrate …
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Update on Gulf Oil Spill Litigation

By Sean Wajert on September 1, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

Couple of interesting issue being debated in the Gulf Oil Spill Litigation. In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf …
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JPML Orders Gulf Oil Spill MDL to Eastern District of Louisiana

By Sean Wajert on August 11, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation yesterday selected New Orleans as the site of the oil spill litigation MDL. The Panel ordered coordinat…
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JPML Hears Oral Argument In Gulf Oil Spill MDL

By Sean Wajert on August 2, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation heard oral argument last week on the issue of consolidating the hundreds of cases arising from the…
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“SPILL” Act Passes House

By Sean Wajert on July 5, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

Readers may recall that last month we posted about H.R. 5503, the “Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act”…
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Beware of Legislative Moves Over The Gulf Oil Spill

By Sean Wajert on June 23, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

Last week, U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Congressman Charlie Melancon (D-LA) introduced H.R. 5503, the &ldqu…
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Gulf Oil Spill Litigation

By Sean Wajert on May 26, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

More than 100 federal and state court actions have been filed against BP PLC, Transocean Ltd., and other companies in connection with the Deepwater Ho…
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