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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On March 13, 2013, the European Commission released proposed amendments to Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (hereafter “EC 261”),1 which governs the rights of passengers in the event of a cancelled
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In a recent decision, Gilstrap v. United Airlines, Inc.,¹ the Ninth Circuit addressed the scope of preemption of the Air Carrier Access Act (“ACAA”) of 1986, which is an amendment
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This edition of our Newsletter addresses some recent federal and United States Supreme Court class action decisions that either involve airlines as defendants or have applicability to putative airline class action liability.
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In an important procedural decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held this week in Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles¹ that a class action representative has no power to stipulate to
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