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The tort lawyer and the BP oil disaster

Daniel Becnel Jr., speed dialing over a speaker phone, places a call to a lawyer for a defendant in the British Petroleum-Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill. “This is the king of torts calling,” he says when he reaches … Continue reading

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US Deepwater Oil Industry at Risk from Gulf Disaster

Share ThisDiggFacebookStumbleUponYahoo! Buzzdel.icio.usRelated ArticlesObama Warns Oil Spill Will Substantially Impact EconomyGulf Oil Spill Major Political Challenge For ObamaOil Spill Threatening Fishing Economy, Culture in Louisiana The catastrophic oil leak from a BP-operated rig off the coast of the U.S. state … Continue reading

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Oil Spill Disaster from Gulf of Mexico Crude is causing oil prices to go up

The US oil spill disaster currently spreading across the Gulf of Mexico will help drive energy and crude oil prices higher as new measures to prevent further disasters bump oil production costs, the head of commodities and energy at BNP … Continue reading

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