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
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John Maggio was a Panel Speaker at the 85th Annual Association of Transportation Law Professionals (ATLP) Meeting in Annapolis, Maryland (June 21-24, 2014) . John spoke on recent development in aviation
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Desmond T. Barry, Jr. participated in a panel discussion of worldwide legal developments at the IATA Risk and Insurance Managers (RIM) Working Group meeting in London on May 22, 2014.
In a “split decision”, a Federal District Court in Florida dismissed to Nigeria on the grounds of forum non conveniens wrongful death actions brought on behalf of non-U.S. decedents arising
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On April 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling which clarified the nature of claims that are preempted by the Airline Deregulation Act (“ADA”).1 In Northwest v. Ginsberg,
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In Narayanan v. British Airways, No. 11-55870 (9th Cir. Mar. 19, 2014), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that, under the plain language of Article 35(1) of the Montreal
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Katherine Posner will be speaking on insurance and reinsurance issues at the McGill University 7th Annual Conference on International Aviation Law & Insurance in London on April 11, 2014.
Last month, in Daimler AG v. Bauman,1 the United States Supreme Court issued its second decision in three years on “general” personal jurisdiction over corporations – that is, the power
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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
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Two new rules issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation are now in effect and promote accessibility of aviation-related services by individuals with disabilities. The first rule went into effect
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