The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently granted Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.’s (“MHI”) Motion to Dismiss Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.’s (“HMM”) Complaint on the
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This week provided another development in the evolving world of drone regulation. The FAA published an Interim Final Rule1 requiring that owners of small drones (between 0.55 and 55 pounds
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On December 2, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the summary judgment dismissal of an elderly wheelchair passenger’s lawsuit against Korean Airlines, finding that
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York recently held that a passenger who endorsed an airline’s check offered in “full and final settlement” of her baggage
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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
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On August, 20, 2015, in Singh v. Caribbean Airlines Ltd., the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the United States District Court for the Southern District
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One issue that arises inevitably in air disaster litigation in the United States is whether the federal court can assert jurisdiction over all cases so that they can be resolved
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Under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”), a product seller (which includes anyone in the chain of distribution who contracts to sell goods) may be liable for the
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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
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In 2010, Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (Aeroflot) discovered, by way of an internal audit of ticket sales, that one of its California travel agents had been manipulating the computer reservation
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