Reuters: Hopes that BP can settle early out of court on liability for its 2010 U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil spill looked forlorn on Wednesday after U.S. prosecutors laid out a legal case for gross negligence on which tens of billions of dollars hang. In the two years that have passed since the spewing Macondo deep-water well was capped, the Department of Justice has made it clear BP may have a gross negligence case to answer -- implying a potential $21 billion fine on top of other payments, some already made,...
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