BP Settlement: Lessons About Congressional Investigations

Law360, New York (November 28, 2012, 12:22 PM EST) -- On Nov. 15, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that BP Exploration and Production Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to a 14-count criminal information and pay a record $4 billion in criminal fines and penalties in connection with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill that killed 11 people and caused the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history....

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