BP loses spill probe documents bid

BP is not entitled to see confidential documents used by a court-appointed investigator who has said some lawyers acted improperly in the claims process arising from the 2010 Gulf oil spill, a judge has ruled.

The investigator, former FBI director Louis Freeh, said some private lawyers improperly used a brief who once served on claims administrator Patrick Juneau’s staff to speed up a $7.9m claim.