"It's fairly telling that an entrenched board feels the need to protect itself with intense litigation".
Responsibility for the disaster — which BP has estimated could ultimately cost $40 billion for cleanup, claims and penalties — is a subject of intense litigation and continuing government investigations.
Though it is not all that unusual for a besieged defendant like BP to set up a big compensation fund for victims, it usually comes only in the form of a settlement following years of intense litigation.
But after eight years of intense litigation and lobbying from telephone companies, the Federal Communications Commission gave in, deciding that competition between one telephone incumbent and one cable incumbent was enough — in essence, it rejected open access as a way to create competition.
Klukowski said he believes the Heller and McDonald rulings mark the beginning of what could be decades of intense litigation over the scope of gun rights in America.
Professor Turley responded by email saying, "I have not had a chance to look at the book because I am in rather intense litigation.
