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malaise

(267,791 posts)
Wed Sep 24, 2014, 01:59 PM Sep 2014

Judge orders BP to stick by Deepwater Horizon payouts agreement

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/24/bp-ordered-deepwater-horizon-payouts-agreement
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A federal judge has ruled that BP must stick by an agreement with companies that received payouts after claiming the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill hurt their business, ruling against the oil company’s argument hundreds of millions of dollars should be returned.

BP argued on Wednesday that a flawed funding formula in the settlement is giving money to businesses for questionable claims, and they should be forced to return it.

But US district judge Carl Barbier says a deal is a deal. Barbier had ordered the formula changed several weeks ago

Barbier ruled the payments agreed to by BP included a provision that they would not be changed by later court action.
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Fuck these fucking corporations - they want all the profits and no liabilities.
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