Corps says its work on MRGO not to blame for Katrina flooding
Justice Department lawyers argued at trial today that there is little evidence a shipping channel dug decades ago by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contributed significantly to the catastrophic...
View ArticleFlood victims pan 5th Circuit ruling on corps’ liability for levee failures
A surprise ruling by a federal appeals court that lets the Army Corps of Engineers off the hook for paying compensation for Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic flooding isn't going over well on the...
View ArticleJudge won’t dismiss ex-BP engineer’s indictment
A federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss obstruction-of-justice charges against a former BP engineer accused of deleting text messages and voicemails about the company's response to its 2010 oil...
View ArticleFeds still weighing appeal in BP supervisors’ case
A federal judge agreed Thursday to extend a deadline for the Justice Department to decide whether to appeal the dismissal of some manslaughter counts against two BP employees charged in the deadly 2010...
View ArticleAaron Bennett sentenced in 2 bribery cases
A New Orleans businessman, who said he tried to bribe former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, and who pleaded guilty to bribing former Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Jiff Hingle in exchange for a contract, has...
View ArticleEx-BP engineer seeks sentencing delay
A former BP engineer has asked for a delay in his sentencing on an obstruction of justice charge related to the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
View ArticleNew trial ordered for ex-BP engineer
A new trial was ordered Thursday for a former BP engineer convicted of deleting text messages related to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
View ArticleFeds want time to decide on retrial for BP
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge for additional time to decide whether they should appeal an order throwing out the conviction of a former BP engineer in connection with the 2010 Gulf oil spill...
View ArticleUS appeals granting of new trial to ex-BP engineer
Federal prosecutors are appealing a judge's decision to grant a new trial to a former BP engineer convicted of obstructing justice in an investigation of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
View ArticleGulf oil spill: Ex-BP engineer’s retrial postponed
The August retrial of a former BP engineer accused of obstructing justice in an investigation of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been postponed while an appeals court decides whether a judge was...
View ArticleRetired federal judge Stanwood Duval returns to Houma firm
Stanwood Duval, a retired federal judge who managed Hurricane Katrina-related litigation in the New Orleans area, has rejoined the Houma law firm of Duval, Funderburk, Sundbery, Richard and Watkins.
View ArticleFlood victims pan 5th Circuit ruling on corps’ liability for levee failures
A surprise ruling by a federal appeals court that lets the Army Corps of Engineers off the hook for paying compensation for Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic flooding isn't going over well on the...
View ArticleJudge won’t dismiss ex-BP engineer’s indictment
A federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss obstruction-of-justice charges against a former BP engineer accused of deleting text messages and voicemails about the company's response to its 2010 oil...
View ArticleFeds still weighing appeal in BP supervisors’ case
A federal judge agreed Thursday to extend a deadline for the Justice Department to decide whether to appeal the dismissal of some manslaughter counts against two BP employees charged in the deadly 2010...
View ArticleAaron Bennett sentenced in 2 bribery cases
A New Orleans businessman, who said he tried to bribe former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, and who pleaded guilty to bribing former Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Jiff Hingle in exchange for a contract, has...
View ArticleEx-BP engineer seeks sentencing delay
A former BP engineer has asked for a delay in his sentencing on an obstruction of justice charge related to the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
View ArticleNew trial ordered for ex-BP engineer
A new trial was ordered Thursday for a former BP engineer convicted of deleting text messages related to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
View ArticleFeds want time to decide on retrial for BP
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge for additional time to decide whether they should appeal an order throwing out the conviction of a former BP engineer in connection with the 2010 Gulf oil spill...
View ArticleUS appeals granting of new trial to ex-BP engineer
Federal prosecutors are appealing a judge's decision to grant a new trial to a former BP engineer convicted of obstructing justice in an investigation of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
View ArticleGulf oil spill: Ex-BP engineer’s retrial postponed
The August retrial of a former BP engineer accused of obstructing justice in an investigation of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been postponed while an appeals court decides whether a judge was...
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