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05/20/2013

RWU Law Grads Top Connecticut Bar Exam Results

Many RWU Law grads take the Connecticut bar exam and the state bar provides much helpful data that facilitates comparisons between and among regional law schools. The results for the February exam...

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February 26, 2013

Voice of Russia: Logan on BP Trial

From The Voice of Russia Radio: "BP Deepwater Trial Begins" by Victoria Mashkova WASHINGTON, Feb 25, 2013 09:10 Moscow Time: BP's trial for the Deepwater Horizon explosion begins in New Orleans today. Voice of Russia's Victoria Mashkova talks with David A. Logan, the Dean of Roger Williams University School of Law: Logan calls the Deepwater trial "one of the most complicated cases that the United States courts have ever seen." There are actions being brought against BP by...

Tags: BP, federal, fines, law, legal, liability, Logan, oil spill, Roger Williams, RWU, trial
February 25, 2013

Logan on BP Oil Spill Trial

From the New Orleans Times-Picayune: "BP oil spill trial begins Monday in New Orleans almost three years after one of the worst spills in U.S. history" by Mark Schleifstein and Richard Thompson, Staff writers February 22, 2013, updated February 25, 2013: The long-awaited civil trial against BP and its partners in the ill-fated Macondo oil well is slated to begin Monday in federal court in New Orleans, setting the stage for a three-month proceeding to assign liability potentially worth tens of...

Tags: BP, damages, Gulf, law, legal, Logan, oil spill, Roger Williams, RWU, trial
January 05, 2013

Logan on Gulf Spill Settlement

From the New Orleans TIMES-PICAUNE: "Unlike BP, Transocean likely off the hook for felony charges related to workers' deaths in 2010 Gulf spill Oil Rig Explosion" by Richard Thompson, NOLA.com January 04, 2013: Like their counterparts at BP, executives at Transocean Ltd. are likely breathing easier with the looming unknowns of civil and criminal fines and penalties now settled for their role in the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, legal experts and industry analysts following the...

Tags: BP, Gulf, law, Logan, oil, Roger Williams, RWU, setttlement, spill, transocean
April 05, 2011

Legal Experts on the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Available for Comment

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico brought some of the costliest and most complex litigation to the U.S. justice system to date. To better understand the legal ramifications and legacy of the BP oil crisis, Roger Williams University School of Law offers three scholars to provide expert analysis and commentary as the story continues to unfold. To arrange an interview, contact Michael Bowden at (401) 254-3881 or Ruth Bazinet at (401) 254-3805. David A. Logan Dean, Roger...

Tags: BP, British Petroleum, compensation commission, David Logan, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil, Jonathan Gutoff, marine policy, maritime law, Multi-district litigation, oil spill, oil spill experts, Susan Farady, Tort Law

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