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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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