BP Oil Spill

In a recent report, he said attorney Lionel "Tiger" Sutton III, received $40,000 in fees for referring a claimant to Andry and Lerner before joining the staff of claims administrator Patrick Juneau.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't decide if the Obama administration violated a judge's order that struck down its temporary moratorium on deep water drilling after BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The 16 Florida projects marked with an asterisk have been added since a preliminary announcement last spring.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An attorney who was fired by the court-supervised administrator of BP's settlement with Gulf Coast businesses and residents is suing her former employer and the London-based oil giant.

U.S District Judge Carl Barbier did not say when he will rule.

The company maintains its spill preparations complied with every government requirement and met industry standards.

U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval has yet to rule on an earlier motion to dismiss the seaman's manslaughter charges.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Halliburton Energy Services and Justice Department prosecutors have urged a federal judge to approve a plea deal that calls for the Houston-based company to pay a $200,000 fine for destroying evidence after BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.