BP Plc has asked a U.S. court to fire the lawyer in charge of paying out compensation to those affected by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, stating that the lawyer had not disclosed an alleged conflict of interest. The motion, filed in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, states that attorney Patrick Juneau advocated for claimants before being appoint by the court to run the claims program, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
This was the latest in a series of challenges filed by BP, claiming that Juneau had "been too generous and liberal when approving claims," the Orlando Sentinel article states.
While BP originally expected the class-action settlement to cost $7.8 billion, it has since said that the uncapped program "could cost $9.2 billion and that this amount could grow."
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