We just can't seem to get rid of the slipperiest and most corrupt corporation globally. Why is that?

I sincerely believe the Federal Justice Department needs to enter into the lawsuit with the plaintiffs to bring about the ability to criminally prosecute as well as extradite from Singapore.

HALLIBURTON CO (HAL: New York) (click here)

As of 8:04 PM 03/22/13

Sanctions Sought Against Halliburton (Click Here)

BP and Alabama question company's 3-year delay over cement samples

By Harry R. Weber

March 21, 2013

BP and the state of Alabama want a judge to issue sanctions against Halliburton because of its nearly three-year delay in turning over samples of cement that may have been used in the blown-out well that caused the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Attorneys for the state and the British oil giant told U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier of New Orleans they will file motions for sanctions by Friday. Barbier is hearing an ongoing civil trial over the spill.

Possible sanctions could include preventing Halliburton from using certain defenses at the trial, which could make it harder for the company to challenge a finding of gross negligence. Such a finding would allow punitive damages against the company for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history....

Ya think?

Some parties appeal spill settlement ruling (click here)
January 25, 2013
by Harry R. Weber

Some fishermen, businesses and property owners affected by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill have appealed a federal judge’s ruling approving a multibillion dollar class action settlement that BP reached with a committee of lawyers assigned to steer the hundreds of suits filed over the disaster.

At least eight groups of victims have filed appeals in the last two weeks with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Lack of fairness and due process are among the claims raised in the appeals.

Legal experts had said appeals of U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s ruling were a virtual certainty.

The 5th Circuit has not indicated when it will consider the appeals.

Last month, Barbier approved the portion of the settlement that dealt with economic and property damages. Earlier this month, he approved the medical benefits portion of the settlement.

Thousands of claimants have agreed to accept the deal, and BP has estimated that it will pay out $7.8 billion or economic, property and health claims — although the agreement BP reached with lawyers for plaintiffs last year does not have a cap on damages....

These are trade articles. Not Mother Jones or Huffington Post. Trade articles.

Posted on March 19, 2013
by Harry W. Weber

Halliburton official destroyed notes of cement test related to Gulf Oil Spill (click here)

NEW ORLEANS — A former Halliburton lab manager testified Tuesday that a company official asked him not to record results of a cement stability test related to the well in the 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster.

Timothy Quirk said during a civil trial over the disaster in federal court in New Orleans that while the request was “a little unusual,” he complied.

The test was conducted shortly after the spill, using ingredients similar to those used to seal the undersea well that blew out. Quirk said he told the results to the company official that asked for the test, then he threw away his notes.

“He did not want them reported,” Quirk testified, referring to his former colleague. Quirk now works for Chevron, according to Halliburton.

The testimony comes a week after a Halliburton lawyer, Don Godwin, acknowledged that officials recently discovered cement samples possibly tied to the ill-fated drilling project that weren’t turned over to the Justice Department after the oil spill....

Imagine that. And why exactly isn't the CEO of Halliburton not up on charges of contempt at the very least. The products Halliburton use are SUBSTANDARD. They know it and they hide it.