Law 360

MAY 13, 2024

A former BP PLC senior manager has admitted engaging in insider trading over the British oil and gas company's planned $1.3 billion acquisition of TravelCenters of America Inc., according to court records entered Friday.

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Law 360

APRIL 26, 2024

A former senior manager at BP PLC on Friday became the second person accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of engaging in insider trading over the British oil and gas company's $1.3 Department of Justice and the U.S. billion planned acquisition of TravelCenters of America Inc.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 18, 2021

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by the city of Baltimore against companies that produce fossil fuels, seeking to hold them responsible for their role in global warming. The case now before the Supreme Court, BP PLC v. The companies appealed that decision to the U.S.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The husband of a former manager at British oil and gas company BP PLC on Thursday pled guilty to securities fraud in Texas federal court and agreed to forfeit the $1.7 million he made with the help of insider trading, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 17, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Monday gave a major boost to a group of oil and gas companies that are seeking to stay out of state court and defend a lawsuit against them in federal court instead. The case, BP PLC v. The companies appealed that ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.

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Gravel2Gavel

MAY 27, 2021

BP PLC, et al. The issue the court confronted was a procedural matter: Can the defendant energy companies use the federal removal statutes (see 28 USC Section 1442) to remove a state law climate change lawsuit to federal court? SUPREME COURT. v Mayor and City of Baltimore.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The verdicts have shown that courts increasingly recognize climate change as a human rights issue, and that judges are prepared to order states – and now companies – to enact ambitious climate policies. Perhaps the most significant decision in climate litigation in 2021 came from the Netherlands. In Greenpeace v. Conclusion.

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