Policy Scholar and Executive

Daniel Rothschild

1 article 2013

Daniel Rothschild is a policy scholar and executive who has worked on economic and regulatory issues. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2013, writing about the consequences of oil spill litigation and related windfalls.

The Oil Spill Windfall

December 9, 2013 · Magazine

A federal court in Louisiana will decide in the next few months how much oil company BP must pay in Clean Water Act penalties as a result of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The fine could total as much as $18 billion and, whatever the court determines, will rank among the largest in American…