On January 29-31, judges, attorneys, and technologists gathered in New York for the 2013 ALM LegalTech conference and trade show. The conference, which consists of workshops, panel discussions and technology
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Condon & Forsyth LLP Partner David Harrington was interviewed by Corporate Counsel, a division of ALM Media, specializing in business news for the legal sector, about his experience advising air
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In 2010, the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Aviation Consumer Protection and Enforcement Division, which is tasked with the responsibility of enforcing consumer protection laws against domestic and foreign air carriers
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On August 20, 2008, a Boeing MD-82 aircraft operated by Spanair crashed on takeoff from Madrid-Barajas Airport, killing 154 people and injuring 18 others. While the injured and deceased were
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In 2004, the European Council and Parliament enacted EC 261/2004, a set of consumer protection rules designed to establish the obligations of airlines in the event of denied boarding, flight
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The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently reviewed the proper standard for awards of punitive damages in Payne v. Jones, Docket No. 09-5201-cv, decided October 3, 2012. The
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A recent Memorandum Decision by Justice Frederick J. Marshall of the Supreme Court of the State of New York (Erie County) granted the motion of Colgan Air and its Co-Defendant
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A recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Giuffre v. Delta Air Lines,¹ denied plaintiffs’ claims against the carrier based on allegations that
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Approved unanimously by the U.S. Senate in June and passed by voice vote in the House of Representatives in July, the Pilot’s Bill of Rights is set to alter the
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On July 24, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld1 regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) last year aimed at reducing “unfair and
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