Since the enactment of the Airline Deregulation Act1 (“ADA”), there has been no shortage of litigation involving federal preemption based on the ADA’s prohibition against states “enact[ing] or enforc[ing] a
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In Haro v. Sebelius, No. 11-16606, 2014 WL 21353 (9th Cir. Jan. 2, 2014), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed who may be liable to reimburse the U.S. government’s
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We have previously reported on developments regarding federal preemption of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and corresponding regulations.1 In the context of the Continental Connection Flight 3407 (operated by
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On October 16, 2013, Delta Air Lines obtained a favorable ruling in Volodarskiy v. Delta,1 when Judge Edmond Chang dismissed the plaintiffs’ cause of action for a direct violation of
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On October 17, 2013, Dave Harrington spoke at the ABA TIPS Aviation and Space Law Committee’s Annual CLE Seminar in Washington, D.C. on nanotechnology and its legal implications in the
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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
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The annual Chambers USA Client Guide, which ranks lawyers and law firms based on in-depth interviews with clients, in-house corporate counsel and attorneys throughout the US, has recognized Condon & Forsyth
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On August 30, 2013, the Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the Mobile County Circuit Court’s summary judgment dismissal of eleven claims of “toxic air” exposure by US Airways crew members. Patricia
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After a four day bench trial, Hon. William F. Kuntz, II, of the Eastern District of New York directed that judgment be entered in favor of Saudi Arabian Airlines (“Saudia”)
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Building on two other recent decisions addressing the enforceability of arbitration clauses in consumer contracts, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 30, 2013, that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) does
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