The federal government on Wednesday announced it is temporarily banning BP from bidding on any new federal contracts because of the oil giant's recent criminal pleas related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.Samuel Buell Law professor, Duke Universitybuell@law.duke.eduhttp://www.law.duke.edu/fac/buell Buell writes and teaches in the fields of criminal law, securities regulation, fraud and corporate crime. Prior to entering the legal academy, he served for nine years as an assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting complex federal criminal cases in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Houston. He twice received the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service, the Department of Justice's highest honor.
