Five Years After Deepwater, Victims Still Struggle to Receive Claims

By Robert Ross

04/24/2015

Nearly five years after the disaster, Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch took a close look at where all the money from the BP settlement is going and asked the critical question: Who is benefiting most from the unprecedented class action settlement set up to compensate victims in the aftermath of the 2010 oil spill?

TAGS: BP oil spill, Deepwater Horizon, Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch

Guest Commentary: Oil Spill Settlement Makes Lawyers, Administrators Rich While Disaster Victims Await Payments

By Margaret Viator

03/10/2015

BATON ROUGE, LA- Nearly five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, a legal watchdog group is calling into question who is benefiting most from the unprecedented class action settlement set up to compensate victims in the aftermath of the 2010 oil spill. “Class action lawsuits are notorious for producing highly...

TAGS: BP oil spill, Deepwater Horizon, Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch, Tort Reform

Guest Commentary: New Evidence Released in Oil Spill Settlement Debacle Leaves Another Black Eye on Louisiana’s Legal Reputation

By Robert Ross

09/15/2014

New data and information surfacing about the claims administrator for the Gulf oil spill settlement, Patrick Juneau, raise serious questions about whether he merits serving in this role.

TAGS: BP oil spill, Deepwater Horizon, Patrick Juneau

Pelican Institute-R Street Report Calls for Careful Oversight of RESTORE Act

By Margaret Viator

11/19/2013

Louisiana faces real vulnerabilities and cannot afford to see funds misused on projects that do not advance the act's goals. This opportunity to accomplish something good out of the BP disaster should not be squandered.

TAGS: BP oil spill, coastal restoration, Daniel Rothschild, Deepwater Horizon, environment, Louisiana, R Street Institute, RESTORE Act, Scalise

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future paper-digital In Louisiana’s Comeback: A Tax Reform for Our Brighter Future, the Pelican Institute identifies the state’s significant tax problems and proposes a path to set the state in a brighter direction, including flattening the personal and corporate income taxes to 3.5% rates, reducing the number of tax preferences, eliminating...

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