August 22, 2013
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday withdrew three key prosecutors from its upcoming obstruction trial of a former BP PLC engineer who is accused of destroying text message and voicemail evidence about the company's response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
August 21, 2013
A Louisiana federal judge on Tuesday refused to bar prosecutors from arguing at a former BP PLC engineer's upcoming obstruction trial that he sat idly at a government meeting while knowing his bosses were lying about the Deepwater Horizon response effort.
July 25, 2013
A Louisiana federal judge on Thursday shielded a computer forensics firm from a former BP PLC engineer's subpoena regarding evidence from the Deepwater Horizon disaster he is charged with destroying, saying the firm's back-and-forth with prosecutors was protected work product even though it was paid by BP.
June 19, 2013
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday filed a superseding indictment in Louisiana federal court, seeking to shore up an allegation that BP PLC's second-in-command during the Deepwater Horizon disaster knew of a congressional investigation he allegedly obstructed, a claim that was previously dismissed as too vague.
June 07, 2013
A Louisiana federal judge on Thursday refused to turn over grand jury transcripts to defense attorneys for a former BP PLC engineer who claimed the documents could undermine indictments against him for allegedly destroying evidence related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
June 05, 2013
A former BP PLC engineer accused of destroying evidence related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill argued Tuesday that a subpoena he served to a computer forensics firm should stick, disputing the U.S. Department of Justice's claim that it has a 'privileged' relationship with the firm.
May 16, 2013
The U.S. government will be allowed to reference deleted text messages that it never recovered during the trial of a BP PLC engineer accused of destroying evidence in the frantic first days of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Thursday.
May 08, 2013
The U.S. government won't be able to mention deaths caused by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion or the size of the subsequent oil spill during the trial of a former BP PLC engineer accused of destroying evidence related to the disaster, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Tuesday.
May 07, 2013
The former BP PLC engineer accused of intentionally destroying evidence related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill urged a Louisiana federal judge on Monday to exclude evidence the government plans to introduce at trial, claiming that several exhibits aren't relevant or are inadmissible hearsay.
May 06, 2013
The former BP PLC engineer accused of intentionally destroying evidence related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill must provide the U.S. Department of Justice with emails he sent to his lawyer and attorney notes from a meeting with BP officials, a Louisiana federal judge said Friday.