BP Continues Retreat from Responsibility While Insisting Regulations Hurt Profits? by Collins & Collins, P.C. on 9/3/2010 As another oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is attempting to extort new Gulf leases with suggestions or perhaps threats that without these new leases it cannot or will not pay the damages for the disaster it has caused...more
BP Deepwater Horizon update: operation static kill By Mary Ellen Ternes by McAfee & Taft on 9/1/2010 As of this writing, the April 20, 2010, BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico appears to be contained and well sealed. After several failed attempts to cap the 5,000-foot deep well, BP...more
That's Not Cake the Chamber of Commerce Would Have Us Eat! by Collins & Collins, P.C. on 8/27/2010 The Institute for Legal Reform, an admitted national campaign from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is circulating emails to gain support from the public for tort reform. The email captioned "Does America Need More Jobs -- Or...more
BP Distribution Scheme Illustrates Political Priorities and Social Realities by Collins & Collins, P.C. on 8/23/2010 When President Obama first called for $20 billion to be set aside by BP for the Deepwater Horizon disaster, some on the right called it a shakedown, extortion, anti-American, socialist and so on. The fact is if BP gets out of...more
Energy and Environment Update - August 1, 2010 by Mintz Levin on 8/10/2010 In This Update: *Energy and Climate Legislation *Senate ..Oil Spill Hearings Continue ..Legislation Introduced ..Upcoming Hearings *House ..House Passes Oil Spill Legislation ..Oil Spill Hearings...more
A Little Tort Reform with That Tea? by Collins & Collins, P.C. on 5/18/2010 The purported vision of the Tea Party is compelling. The Tea Party would purportedly like to see responsibility and accountability on the part of government, corporations and individuals. In particular, the Tea Party decries...more