http://www.onlinelawyersource.com Daily Other News from Online Lawyer Source en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/bp-gulf-oil-spill-fund.html The Obama administration and British Petroleum (BP) have furthered negotiations for a cleanup and compensation fund for the oil spill that devastated the Gulf of Mexico. BP, taking full responsibility for the... Tue, 10 Aug 2010 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/bp-oil-spill-testimony.html During its third round of meetings, a federal panel working to determine the precise cause of the BP oil spill heard testimony focusing on human errors that may have contributed to one of the worst man-made environme... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/gulf-oil-spill-contained-soon.html There hasn't been much positive news in regards to the Gulf oil spill, but that trend may be ending as the Coast Guard says the spilled oil will be contained within three to four days. National Inci... Fri, 09 Jul 2010 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/bp-spill-gulfs-largest.html BP's Gulf oil spill has become the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico, surpassing the Ixtoc I spill off the coast of Mexico, which occurred in 1979. The recent Gulf oil spill reached 140.6 million g... Fri, 02 Jul 2010 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/alabama-benzene.html A recent study conducted by the Conservation Alabama Foundation (CAF) has found that four of Alabama's largest cities contain highly polluted air, including high levels of benzene. Among the cities revealed to have hazardous air... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/einstein-lawsuit.html California Labor Commissioner, Angela Bradstreet filed a lawsuit with the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, Dec. 23, against Einstein Industries Inc. According to the lawsuit, the San Diego-based online healthcare and legal marketing company failed to pay its emp... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/pittsburgh-abuse.html Five former employees of a Pittsburgh nursing home facility, Kane Regional Center’s Glen Hazel, were recently arrested for abusing an elderly patient. The five individuals were all charged with nursing home abuse and negl... Mon, 29 Dec 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/mattel-lead-poison.html Last week the largest toymaker in the world agreed to pay a $12 million settlement to 39 U.S. states for shipping Chinese made toys containing unsafe amounts of lead. Discovery of Lead Tainted Toys The settlement comes as the result of a 15-mon... Tue, 23 Dec 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/petrochem-benzene.html Texas couple Jan and James Callihan filed a lawsuit against six petrochemical companies, claiming the products the defendants produce and distribute exposed James to unsafe levels of benzene. They allege this exposure is what caused James to develop acute myelogenous leukemia.... Fri, 12 Dec 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/33-defendant-lawsuit.html Texas woman Lois Robinson has filed an asbestos lawsuit against 33 corporations on behalf of her deceased husband, Warren Robinson. Lois claims that his asbestos-related disease and subsequent death was wrongfully... Wed, 10 Dec 2008 :: EDT