Latest news: January 5, 2012

BP oil spill payments resume after fee wrinkle

By David Hammer and Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-Picayune. January 4, 2012.

“The Gulf Coast Claims Facility resumed paying oil spill damage claims Wednesday afternoon after U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier amended an order requiring it to set aside 6 percent of the money to fund the work of plaintiff attorneys on the oil spill litigation…”