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Transocean Ruling May Limit Oil Spill Liability Seeking Alpha This is especially true because Judge Barbier is overseeing the many different suits that have been rolled into the court case In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, MDL-2179, US District Court, … Transocean loses gulf spill claimUPI.com Transocean Can't Sue USA for Oil SpillCourthouse News Service BP loses two oil spill rulingsLegalbrief (subscription) all 8 news articles »

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The Guardian

Tar Ball Prompts Limit on Gulf Shrimping MyFox Philadelphia … to take the precautionary measure of closing a section of the Gulf of Mexico near the area of the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill earlier this year. … NOAA closes some Gulf shrimping after tar balls foundReuters Africa US Closes 4213 Square Miles Of Gulf To Royal Red ShrimpingCapital.gr (press release) NOAA Closes 4200 Square Miles of Gulf Waters to Royal Red ShrimpingNOAA KBOI –The Associated Press all 311 news articles »

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CBC.ca

BP Oil Spill Live Feed Update: BP Tries to Limit Release of Oil Spill Keen Observers Latest report said that BP has lost more than 50 percent of its market value resulting to an oil slick from one of its Macondo oil rigs in the said gulf. … Day 94: The Latest on the Oil SpillNew York Times Florida Releases July 23, 2010 Gulf Oil Spill Situation UpdateGov Monitor Gulf oil spill: Well will stay sealed through stormLos Angeles Times The Associated Press –Wall Street Journal –Salon all 6,304 news articles »

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Transocean Says Underwriters Pushed to Limit Liability
Transocean, the company that owns the sunken Deepwater Horizon oil rig, filed a motion in federal court two weeks ago seeking to limit its courtroom losses to .7 million. In written testimony submitted to the House Judiciary Committee, a Transocean lawyer said today that underwriters forced the company’s hand. “Our underwriters instructed us to file such an action, and failure to do so could …
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Deepwater Horizon owner Transocean seeks liability limit
Transocean, owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded and sank killing 11 and creating a growing oil spill, today filed a request in Houston federal court to limit its liability in the lawsuits filed against it to about million.
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Federal law may limit BP’s payout for oil spill
A law passed in response to the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska makes BP responsible for cleanup costs. But the law sets a $75 million limit on other kinds of damages.

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