It may well be a accident of timing -- all of us are racing to complete unfinished tasks before the Christmas holiday -- but a major piece of news regarding BP and the ongoing quest for justice in the news was released late on Friday, heading right into the 12 days of Christmas when folks are spending time with their loved ones, and not watching the news. But it's a story that BP surely doesn't want you to dwell much upon, as it races ahead in its mad dash to put the horrors of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe behind it: A federal judge has turned aside multiple objections and approved the $7.8 billion settlement between BP and thousands of Gulf residents and business owners:
A federal judge signed off on BP's settlement with businesses and people hard hit by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans issued a 125-page ruling Friday night on a class-action suit. He gave the settlement preliminary approval in May and overruled questions and criticism of the agreement in his Friday ruling.
"None of the objections, whether filed on the objections docket ...