Bloomberg
February 9, 2012
US officials and BP are negotiating a settlement regarding pollution claims amounting to as much as $17.6 billion in fines from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Under the Clean Water Act, the government can seek $1,100 per barrel of oil spilled and a judge can increase the amount to $4,300 per barrel if there is a finding of gross negligence.
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Everyone should encourage the Occupy Wall Street movement to get involve to help disabled claimants in the BP oil spill litigation. Because, as of now, only the interests of well-financed claimants are being represented by the attorneys that are tasked with representing all claimants:
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Americans With Disabilities Act, and prior Supreme Court cases, require that the new fund set up to compensate Plaintiff Steering Committee attorneys, that withhold 6% of settlements, as ordered by Judge Barbier, http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/OilSpill/OilSpill.htm BE JUSTIFICATION for these attorneys to provide EXTENDED representation and advocacy to disabled claimants! Please bring this to the attention of others.