5th Circ. Won't Revive BP Spill Malpractice Settlement

By Emily Sawicki ( September 3, 2024, 8:27 PM EDT) -- The Fifth Circuit will not take another look at a proposed global settlement over accusations that attorneys botched Louisiana residents' claims following the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, issuing an order on Tuesday denying residents' bids for an en banc hearing to revive the settlement that a Fifth Circuit panel overturned in August....

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