Texas Federal Judge Denies Motion To Amend ERISA Complaint Against BP

Mealey's (March 13, 2017, 9:26 AM EDT) -- HOUSTON — A Texas federal judge on March 8 denied a motion filed by participants and beneficiaries of BP entities’ employee investment and savings plans covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to file an amended complaint related to the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil spill that resulted in a steep drop in the BP stock price for failure to state a claim (In Re:  BP P.L.C. Securities Litigation, In re: BP ERISA Litigation, No. 4:10-cv-4214, S.D. Texas, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33302)....