BP bears the majority of responsibility among the companies involved in America’s worst offshore oil spill, a federal judge has ruled, citing the energy giant’s reckless conduct in a ruling that exposes the oil giant to billions of dollars in penalties.

A US federal judge has ruled that BP’s reckless conduct resulted in the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, leaving the company open to billions of dollars in penalties.

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.

A US appeals court has upheld a judge’s approval of a multi-billion-dollar settlement between BP and lawyers for Gulf Coast businesses and residents who claim the company’s 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill cost them money.

A US judge rejected BP’s argument that a multibillion-dollar settlement over the company’s massive 2010 Gulf oil spill should not compensate businesses if they cannot directly trace their losses to the spill.

A US federal appeals court has revived BP’s claims that a judge’s interpretation of a settlement over its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could force the company to pay billions of dollars for bogus or inflated claims by businesses.

The trial for the federal litigation spawned by BP’s massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico resumes today, with a focus on the company’s response to the deadly disaster.

BP must pay more than US $130m in fees to the administrator of its multibillion-pound settlement with US Gulf Coast businesses and residents after the company’s 2010 oil spill.

BP has asked a judge to temporarily suspend all settlement payments to Gulf Coast businesses and people who claim they lost money after the company’s 2010 oil spill while former FBI director Louis Freeh investigates alleged misconduct by a lawyer who helped administer the multibillion-dollar settlement programme.

BP has sued to block what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses over the deadly Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

The state of Louisiana has asked a federal judge to declare a jury trial to decide on its claim for more than $1bn from BP Plc to compensate the state for economic losses resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

A settlement being hammered out between BP and victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill finally provides a system for monitoring health concerns and compensating people with illnesses linked to the disaster.

The US court case over the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster has been delayed for a week after a judge heard that BP was making some progress in settlement talks.

A trial over the worst offshore oil disaster in US history has been delayed for a week to allow more time for settlement talks, according to two people close to the case.

Tens of billions of dollars will be at stake when BP heads to a US court this month to determine how much it owes for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill and how much it can shift to subcontractors.

A US judge has ruled that Halliburton can avoid paying most of the pollution claims that resulted from the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill because it was shielded in a contract with well owner BP.

A US federal judge has ruled that the rig owner involved in drilling the ill-fated well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico was shielded by its contract with BP from having to pay many pollution claims in the nation’s largest offshore oil spill.

BP has accused Halliburton of destroying damaging evidence about the quality of the cement used in the oil well that blew out last year and caused the worst US offshore oil spill.

Oil giant BP is set to take another battering after a US judge ruled thousands of fishermen and business owners hit by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster could sue for punitive damages, it was reported today.

A US judge has thrown out racketeering claims by the lead plaintiffs suing BP over last year’s oil spill.

A US judge ordered urgent tests on the cement contractor Halliburton used to seal the BP oil well that blew out catastrophically in the Gulf of Mexico.

BP informed a US federal judge that the company is waiving a $75m (€54m) cap on its liability for certain economic damage claims spawned by the massive Gulf oil spill.