Hints and tips:
...Leigh O’Dell, a lawyer at Beasley Allen who sits on the plaintiff’s steering committee in the talc litigation, said the bankruptcy strategy is “cynical” and designed to slam shut the doors to the courthouse...
...BP added on the latest charge: BP will continue to vigorously appeal determinations of claims that it believes are non-compensable under the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee settlement agreement....
...VW said: “Volkswagen has also reached agreement with the court-appointed plaintiffs’ steering committee on substantial aspects of the monetary relief that eligible owners and lessees would receive, and the...
...A reply-brief filed on Friday by Elizabeth Cabraser, court-appointed head of the plaintiffs steering committee, said 311,000 of 475,000 car owners have registered for the deal....
...The agreement is to be filed on Tuesday by the DoJ, the Plaintiffs Steering Committee and the Federal Trade Commission....
...Stephen Herman and James Roy, the co-chairmen of the steering committee of plaintiffs’ lawyers, commended Halliburton for agreeing the deal....
...James Roy and Stephen Herman, the co-chairmen of the steering committee of lawyers representing the plaintiffs, said the court’s ruling had “laid bare the full extent of . . . BP’s misconduct.”...
...The deal was agreed by BP and the steering committee of plaintiffs’ lawyers in March 2012 and then approved by the court in December of that year....
...James Roy and Steve Herman, the co-chairmen of the steering committee of plaintiff’s lawyers, described the amicus briefs as a “Hail Mary” attempt by BP “when all other options run out”....
...Steve Herman and Jim Roy, the two chairmen of the steering committee of plaintiffs’ lawyers who agreed the settlement, said in a statement they were “pleased that the court of appeals agreed that BP must...
...Steve Herman and Jim Roy the chairmen of the steering committee of lawyers representing plaintiffs seeking compensation, said in a statement they were “pleased that the court has refused BP’s latest request...
...committee of lawyers representing Deepwater Horizon plaintiffs....
...In a filing to the US district court in New Orleans on Monday evening, the steering committee of plaintiffs’ lawyers said BP’s counsel had made “material omissions” that were “tantamount to …misleading the...
...Steve Herman and Jim Roy, the co-chairmen of the steering committee of lawyers representing plaintiffs seeking compensation, said: “Today’s ruling makes clear that BP can’t rewrite the deal it agreed to....
...Jim Roy and Steve Herman, co-chairmen of the steering committee of plaintiff’s lawyers who support the settlement, had earlier welcomed Judge Barbier’s ruling, saying: “Business owners across the Gulf should...
...Jim Roy and Steve Herman, the two chairmen of the steering committee of the plaintiffs’ lawyers, said court orders prevented BP “flip-flopping” on the question of how to determine whether business losses...
...’ Steering Committee settlement....
...Steve Herman, one of the chairmen of the steering committee of plaintiffs’ lawyers, described BP’s filing as “tantamount to a giant advertisement urging people to file their claims now”....
...Steve Herman and Jim Roy, the co-chairmen of the steering committee of the plaintiffs’ lawyers, said in a statement that the court had rejected BP’s argument multiple times....
...The heads of the steering committee of plaintiffs’ lawyers said they were “pleased that the court relied on actual facts and evidence in reaching its conclusion – for the second time – and not the unsupported...
...Lawyers on the plaintiffs’ steering committee, which is leading the case in court and in negotiations with BP, are also allowed to share fees of up to $600m....
...Jim Roy and Steve Herman, the co-chairmen of the plaintiffs’ steering committee, said: “We fully support the Justice Department’s investigation and condemn any individuals found to be guilty of illegal or...
...Jim Roy and Steve Herman, joint chairmen of the steering committee of lawyers representing the claimants, have written to one of BP’s lawyers warning that the company risked violating that settlement agreement...
...a later judge for illegally ghostwriting judicial orders and steering the case in the plaintiffs’ favour, proved its point that the Ecuadorean trial was fraudulent....
...The court’s decision to approve its settlement with the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, which acts on behalf of individual and business plaintiffs in the Deepwater Horizon litigation, was “another important...
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