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Silvio Berlusconi to request community service for tax fraud sentence "Silent and humble manual tasks" are not something to which Silvio Berlusconi has ever felt naturally drawn. Before big business and politics he sold vacuum cleaners and sang on cruise ships. Now, however, thanks to the Italian legal system, a very different kind of activity awaits him. His lawyer has said he intends to ask to serve his sentence for tax fraud in a community service placement. Franco Coppi said that barring any last-minute changes, the former prime minister's legal team would submit the request to the Milan courts by the end of this week. It would be then up to the judges to decide how to proceed. The embattled 77-year-old billionaire has until the middle of the month to decide how to spend his commuted one-year sentence, which his lawyers reportedly hope will be further whittled down to nine months for good behavior. Berlusconi could yet opt for house arrest, but for a man who continues to nurse great political ambitions despite recent setbacks, the logistical restrictions would perhaps prove unacceptable. Last week he was forced to perform a humiliating U-turn in parliament following an unprecedented party rebellion, only for a committee then to recommend he be expelled from the senate due to the tax fraud conviction.

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2013/08/23/302668.htm April tidsfristen 2014 för ersättningskrav mot BP över sin amerikanska oljeutsläpp är nästan säkert att utökas , säger båda sidan av laglig bosättning som styr utbetalningar , möjligen i 2015 . Den sista dagen för krav , en del av oljan bolagets uppgörelse förra året med enskilda och företag käranden , var alltid potentiellt rörligt , men liksom den öppna karaktären av dess kostnad som drabbade hem tidigare i år , får den obestämda utbyggbarhet inte ha varit fullt uppskattas av långmodighet investerare , analytiker säga . Förlängning kan inte göra mycket skillnad till det totala antalet och kostnaden för relevanta påståenden - $ 9600000000 i slutet av juni och stigande - men det skulle dra ut på bolagets hopp om att lämna bakom bredare Mexikanska golfen oljeutsläpp tvister saga som har tvingat det att sälja en femtedel av bolaget för att finansiera en $ 42400000000 notan hittills . BP länge sedan halkade från andra placerade status bland globala oljebolag till en avlägsen fjärde såsom kostnaderna för 2010 oljeutsläpp minskade sin intjäningsförmåga . Under de fem månader som gått sedan uppgörelsen återuppstått som en nagel i sin sida , har sina aktier halkade med 4,5 procent , en liknande prestanda som större rival Shell trots ett pris - stödjande mars lanseringen av en $ 8000000000 återköp av aktier . " Jag tror att det är ingen tvekan om att den upptrappning av tvisten om rättvisa eller inte affärer påståenden har kastat en skugga över BP: s kursutveckling under de senaste månaderna , " sade Neill Morton , analytiker på Investec i London . " Så utsikterna för de fordringar som varar längre än allmänt förväntat är inte bra . Som sagt , man måste anta att det finns en ändlig gräns för antalet sökande , och att den april deadline kommer att se den stora majoriteten av dem lämnade . " Villkoren för 1033 - sidan PSC Settl

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/07/bp-oil-deepwater-horizon-disaster-compensation Le Deepwater Horizon huile catastrophe avaient certains incontesté terrible, conséquences : 11 personnes sont mortes lors de l'explosion de la plate-forme pétrolière de BP le 20 avril 2010, et l'huile verse pas cochée dans le golfe du Mexique depuis 86 jours. Après cela, cependant, l'image devient trouble. Des centaines de milliers de personnes et d'entreprises ont été touchées par la catastrophe, mais, comme tous les mois passe, 10 000 prestataires plus émergent. Demain, avocats pour BP comparaîtra à la Nouvelle Orléans pour soutenir que son énorme projet de loi d'indemnisation est en décalage avec les faits et attaqués par les fraudeurs. BP va tenter une fois de plus faire valoir que les termes du contrat de l'an dernier pour indemniser les victimes du déversement sont maltraités par les « réclamations frauduleuses, excessives ou inadéquate ». Le géant pétrolier n'est pas seul en craignant que son système d'indemnisation est maltraitée. La semaine dernière, le juge Carl Barbier, qui supervise l'affaire de plusieurs milliards de dollars de dommages civils contre BP, nommé Louis Freeh, un ancien juge et le chef du FBI, pour examiner les allégations d'inconduite à l'office qui gère les demandes d'indemnisation. Watch this presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/gcharm/bp-jordbruksfretag-artikel-kod-85258080768-ch-oil Jusqu'à présent, la compagnie a eu peu de chance argumentant contre le régime qu'il mis en place en mars dernier. Un panel de trois juges entendra l'appel de demain, dans laquelle chaque côté a 20 minutes pour exposer son cas. BP fait valoir que le Comité de rémunération est ignorant la signification juridique acceptée des termes tels que "recettes" et de "rémunération" de la manière qu'il évalue des demandes. BP est représenté par Theodore Olsen, l'avocat de Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher qui était procur

bp holdings article code 85258080768, Feeding Frenzy fraud watch In the months after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded 300 miles off Florida's coast in April 2010, hotel and restaurant owners, fishermen and shopkeepers kept a grim vigil, waiting to see whether the millions of gallons of spilled oil would taint the state's beaches and harm its seafood. From a distance, thousands of others watched too, the Canadian, European and American tourists and business travelers who had hoped to rent the Tampa Bay, Sarasota or Naples hotel rooms, dine at the restaurants, shop at the stores, and meet in the conference halls along the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, many traveled elsewhere. Although no flocks of oil-soaked pelicans washed up on Florida's shores, and the 200 million spilled gallons did not blacken beaches as so many feared, the coastal communities and their businesses were nonetheless damaged by the BP oil spill, through economic losses - the visitors who never came. That is the contention of cities and counties, and thousands of business owners whose revenues fell in the months following the disaster. A number of Florida resorts and other businesses that sought early compensation for their losses - the plunge in expected revenue - found their requests denied, although London-based BP had set up a $20 billion fund for victims. But the firms couldn't prove their revenue declines were related to the spill. In December, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans gave final approval to a $7.8 billion partial class-action settlement providing for economic and property damages from the spill, including those in Florida. BP separately agreed to pay $4.5 billion in penalties and pleaded guilty to felony misconduct in the disaster, which cost 11 lives. Barbier now is presiding over a trial to determine whether BP was grossly negligent, with another $17 billion in potential penalties at stake. A new, streamlined process recognizes losses farther from the ex