Where do you go after spending more than four decades at one of the world’s leading law firms? The golf course might be the answer for many — but not for James W. Quinn, who left Weil Gotshal & Manges to join the New York office of one of the nation’s top litigation boutiques, Berg...
(Reuters) – The former head of the litigation department at Weil Gotshal & Manges has joined a boutique trial firm in New York. James Quinn, 71, is now of counsel at Houston-based Berg & Androphy, which opened a New York office two years ago. Quinn, who has represented ExxonMobil, ESPN and Procter & Gamble in...
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. was ordered to pay almost $160 million for its role as part-owner of the doomed Gulf of Mexico well that in 2010 caused the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The fine was the last big uncertainty hanging over Anadarko from the disaster. The order Monday comes after the government told...
BP Plc reached a record $18.7 billion agreement to settle all federal and state claims from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill after an abrupt strategy shift in May to re-open talks, three people close to the matter said. The company had been committed to fighting the claims in court after negotiations fell apart in...
