The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (the “FAAAA”) does not preempt all state law negligence claims against freight brokers arising from catastrophic accidents,…
Twenty-five years ago, Congress passed a law requiring passengers departing from U.S. airports to pay a security fee to the Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) to offset new security measures (the…
On April 18, 2026, the Avoiding Vexatious Overuse of Impleading to Delay (AVOID) Act (the “Act”) will take effect in New York and significantly impact a defendant’s ability to engage…
It is no secret within the insurance defense bar that a growing number of plaintiffs’ attorneys are artificially inflating the value of their personal injury cases against defendants with large…
The Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) has issued a proposed rule to enable the expansion of commercial and recreational use of unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”) beyond visual line of sight (“BVLOS”)…
The Northern District of Texas recently added to a growing body of case law in holding that a crew’s imperfect response to a medical emergency on board an aircraft does…
Courts typically require that a foreign defendant has “minimum contacts” with the forum state that would justify the exercise of personal jurisdiction over the defendant.1 However, the United States Supreme…
The Montreal Convention, an international treaty to which over 1401 countries are parties, sets the liability limits for lost and damaged baggage, cargo, delay of passengers and cargo, and compensation…
We recently reported that the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) issued a new rule prescribing the timing and manner in which air carriers must disclose certain ancillary fees (“the Rule”),…
The U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) has issued two new rules amending and adding various aviation consumer protection regulations. These rules mandate the automatic, prompt issuance of refunds for cancelled…
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