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The escalation of BP's liability

October 5, 2011, 9:17 am

Originally posted by Dahr Jamail - Al Jazeera - October 3, 2011

"If you got caught humping another woman - [if] you're both naked and caught in the act - you'd want BP to explain to your wife how it didn't happen."

This colorful analogy was proposed by Dean Blanchard, a seafood distributor on Grand Isle, Louisiana, to explain oil giant BP's continuing machinations to evade liability in the aftermath of the April 2010 disaster.

Deaths and safety violations found within OSHA's 'model' workplaces

September 30, 2011, 11:47 am

Originally posted by Huffington Post - Chris Hamby

On a December night in 2009, ...

BCA Wins National Marketing Award for Oil Spill Campaign

June 8, 2011, 10:57 am

Houston, Tx – June 6, 2011 – The law firm of Brent Coon & Associates, received the “Best Intergrated Legal Campaign during the 2011 Internet Advertising Competition Awards for its “Gulf Coast Disaster” Campaign. The campaign included the website “GulfCoastDisaster.com” and blends both online and offline advertising while incorporating 21st century marketing methods such as interactive online “Town Hall” video seminars and traffic generation efforts targeting online social networks.

BP to divest half its U.S. refining capacity

February 1, 2011, 2:17 pm

Reuters

BP Plc put half its U.S. refining assets up for sale on Tuesday, including the huge Texas City plant, a potentially prize asset but one that carries the stigma of a 2005 blast that killed 15 workers.

Gunning for BP

January 28, 2011, 9:33 am

Petroleum Economist

HE RIDES a Harley, plays guitar in a rock band and goes skydiving. But Brent Coon's name is known for something else: suing BP. And that's ok with him. With Coon leading many of the lawsuits against BP following the Texas City refinery disaster of 2005, which killed 15 workers and injured more than 100, the settlements ran to more than $3bn.

Half-Baked Justice? Corporate Prosecutions Are All Over the Map

December 27, 2010, 1:32 pm

The initials BP are by now a household word. It is a name that in the public mind at least has become synonymous with longtime legal, environmental, and safety issues.

Transocean ordered to turn over audits and records on all of its Gulf of Mexico vessels

December 21, 2010, 1:36 pm

U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier ordered Transocean Ltd. Friday to give safety audits and other materials on all of its vessels in the Gulf of Mexico to government investigators, and not just material related to the Deepwater Horizon rig.

Beaumont law firm to collect evidence in federal lawsuit against BP, others

October 15, 2010, 8:41 am

Beaumont Enterprise

Several law firms, including Brent Coon and Associates, will participate in the complicated evidence-gathering process, which is expected to last well into 2011 and produce tens of millions of documents.

DOJ Refuses to Revoke BP's Probation Over Safety Violations at Texas City Refinery

September 28, 2010, 10:51 am

Truthout.org

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has refused to pursue a probation revocation case against BP after the company was found to have violated a federal judge's March 2009 felony judgment, which required BP to fulfill the terms of a settlement agreement it entered into with government regulators five years ago to make certain safety upgrades at its Texas City refinery by September 2009, according to documents obtained by Truthout.

BP’s Probation Over Fatal Texas Blast Won’t Be Revoked by U.S.

September 28, 2010, 10:50 am

Businessweek

BP Plc’s probation for violating a plea deal that resolved the company’s criminal liability for a fatal 2005 explosion at its Texas City, Texas, refinery won’t be revoked by the U.S. Justice Department.

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