Kissing cousins at heart of BP legal battle


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Conflict of Interest in BP Legal Fight?
Will BP get its oil spill case moved to friendly Houston? A clerk of the panel that will decide the issue is first cousins with a former regulator of the sunken BP drill platform. Rick Outzen reports on the legal impact of the family tie. More.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”