A watan Disambar 2010, Baldwin ya shigar da karar dala miliyan 3.8 a kan Kevin Costner kan fasahar raba mai da aka yi amfani da ita don taimakawa wajen warware matsalar
Ruwan mai na BP a Tekun Mexico. A watan Yunin 2012, wani juriya ya goyi bayan Costner kuma ya ba Baldwin babu lalacewa. A watan Maris na 2013, Baldwin ya yi ikirarin laifin rashin biyan harajin samun kudin shiga na shekaru 2008, 2009, da 2010. Ya ce bai taɓa so ya guji biyan haraji ba kuma lauyoyi da akawu sun ba shi shawara marar kyau. Baldwin ya yarda ya biya $ 300,000 a cikin shekara guda, ko kuma za a yanke masa hukuncin shekaru biyar na gwaji kuma yana da shekaru biyar don biyan kuɗin.