A federal judge in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill litigation is set to hear arguments about whether distribution of a $2.3 billion settlement should go forward given BP PLC’s claims of fraud against plaintiffs attorney Mikal Watts.
Watts, in turn, wants to halt a lawsuit BP filed against him, citing a parallel criminal investigation in which indictments are expected within two months.
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