[NOTE: How long did it take to get any substantial compensation out of EXXON after the Exxon-Valdez disaster?]
"The 20 billion fund should be viewed as a huge accomplishment for Obama. He had no actual power to compel that aside from moral suasion and the threat of having an unhappy president. Legally, BP could have just waited for the lawsuits and drawn the whole thing out for years. As a lawyer, I find it a unique and mind-boggling accomplishment." read more: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/06/a_mind-boggling_accomplishment.php#more?ref=fpblg
