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8 Factors That Helped Reduce A $3.5B CWA Penalty

Law360, New York (December 7, 2015, 2:38 PM EST) -- Everyone potentially exposed to civil penalties available under the Clean Water Act 33 U.S.C. § 1321(b)(7), should familiarize themselves with the eight factors a court will consider when deciding what penalty should be assessed. In the case known as "Oil Spill by the Oil Rig 'Deepwater Horizon' in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010," for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., these factors made the difference between a penalty in the millions and one in the billions....

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