Gulf Oil Spill Articles

• The Potential Plaintiffs of the Gulf Oil Spill Lawsuits
  The litigation floodgates have opened and lawsuits related to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have begun. While the potential for … More
• The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
  In 1986, the federal government established an Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to help with the cleanup costs after an oil spill. However, when the Exxon Valdez … More
• The Legal Differences Between the Exxon Valdez and the BP Oil Spills
  There have been many comparisons made between the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska and the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Many … More
• How Much Will BP Have to Pay? Damage Caps for Big Oil
  Many businesses have been destroyed and many families have been devastated by last month’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP, the company at the center of … More
• Environmental Laws and Oil Spills
  The legal landscape is a very different place for victims of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil spill than it was for the victims of the 1989 Exxon … More