The Texas county that includes Houston sued Volkswagen Group of America Inc. for $100 million, claiming the carmakers cheating on emission controls worsened pollution in the area.

The bulk of the money from BPs record settlement will go to the five states along the Gulf of Mexico whose shores were blackened in the 2010 oil spill.

Oklahomas Supreme Court said New Dominion LLC can be sued for damage caused by an earthquake that a woman blames on disposal wells tied to fracking, in what may be the first such case to head to a jury trial.

BP wont seek to access Transoceans $750 million insurance policy for the Deepwater Horizon rig.

BNSF Railway Co. was sued by a trade group for 400 U.S. refining and petrochemical makers objecting to a $1,000 surcharge the rail transporter of crude oil tacked onto older-model tank cars.

BP Plc acted with gross negligence in setting off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a federal judge ruled.