Monthly Archives: <span>July 2011</span>

Gulf Oil Spill Claims Fund Too Slow: U.S. Attorney General

The fund oil firm BP set up to deal with compensation claims after last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill is working too slowly, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday. The fund is not sufficiently transparent and requires too …

Lowery Joins Appalachian Underwriters for Carolinas

Wholesaler Appalachian Underwriters Inc. (AUI) has hired veteran Robert Lowery as a broker for the Carolina region. Lowery brings 30 years of experience as an excess and surplus lines broker to AUI. He began his career in Atlanta as an …

Judge Blocks Sierra Club from Lawsuit Against BP

A federal magistrate judge has refused to allow the Sierra Club to join a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against BP and other companies over last year’s disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Judge Sally Shushan said in her …

Mississippi High Court to Hear Appeal in Lawyer Fees Case

It’s round two for Republican state Auditor Stacy Pickering and Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood in a fight over the constitutionality of a law that allows Hood to hire private lawyers to represent Mississippi in lawsuits. The Mississippi Supreme Court …