It's virtually certain that BP PLC and other companies involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will face criminal charges and civil penalties that could translate into hundreds of millions of dollars in fines. But for any company executives or workers to be indicted individually, legal experts say the Justice Department will have to find evidence they orchestrated a coverup, destroyed key documents or lied to government agents.
"One of the issues that government investigators are going to be focused on is whether individuals from BP and the other companies have been completely forthright," said David Uhlmann, a University of Michigan law professor who spent …
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