Author: Mary Dow
Mary has represented several foreign and domestic air carriers, including British Airways, Iberia, Lufthansa, and United, in consumer class actions involving the enforcement of European Union regulations in the United…
On February 2, 2016, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its second opinion rejecting passengers’ efforts to obtain compensation for flight delays under Regulation EC (No) 261/2004 (“EU 261”)…
Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure permits a defendant to make an offer of judgment to resolve the plaintiff’s claims prior to trial in a specified amount.…
On September 17, 2015, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued its latest interpretation of European Union Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (“EC 261”). In van der Lans v. KLM, Case…
Between September 2013 and June 2014, six district court judges tasked with determining the enforceability of European Union Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (“EU 261”) by United States courts unanimously agreed…
On June 18, 2014, District Court Judge John A. Tharp of the Northern District of Illinois decided the last of six separate motions filed by airline defendants to dismiss a…
On February 12, 2014, Judge Thomas M. Durkin became the third district court judge to hold that U.S. courts cannot enforce so-called “direct claims” brought under European Union Regulation EU…
There are two new developments to report in the ongoing EU 2611 class action cases currently pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. On…
On March 20, 2012, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) heard oral argument on the challenge to its interpretation of European Union Regulation EC No 261/2004 (“EC 261”) in the…
Since its enactment in 2004, European Union Regulation 261 (“EC 261”)1 has generated significant media coverage and litigation in the European Union (“EU”) and various EU national courts. This broad…