The spill’s impact on the seafood industry might take decades to become clear. Photo: Ed Lallo/Louisiana Seafood News
By Kathy Finn, Braden Reddall and Andrew Callus
It is a question that has lawyers and many others on the U.S. Gulf coast buzzing: Will BP strike a massive deal to settle the remaining claims over the Gulf of Mexico well blowout?
BP could be nearing a settlement of federal claims with the U.S. Department of Justice, but people tracking the case closely say the company and coastal states, especially Louisiana, might still be far apart.
Blaine LeCesne, a law professor at Loyola University of New Orleans who has kept close tabs on the case, also viewed Louisiana as a big obstacle to BP’s hopes for a single sweeping deal.
“I don’t know that those expectations are unrealistic,” he said, noting the spill’s impact on the seafood industry might take decades to become clear.
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