October 19, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Will Federal Preemption Grant Immunity to Aviation Manufacturers?In their Aviation Law column, Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green write: The Third Circuit will soon decide whether the FAA's mere certification of aircraft or aircraft components provides immunity to aviation manufacturers against most products liability claims, a major decision that may extinguish the right of aviation disaster victims to recover from manufacturers.
By Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green
12 minute read
June 26, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Legal Challenges Faced by Victims of Plane Shootdown Over UkraineIn their Aviation Law column, Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green of Kreindler & Kreindler write: Since the advent of the Montreal Convention, the victims of major airline disasters have generally been able to recover damages without any arbitrary limitation. The circumstances of the Flight 17 disaster raise the possibility that damages in a major aviation accident may be limited without any other avenue for recovery.
By Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green
10 minute read
June 25, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Legal Challenges Faced by Victims of Plane Shootdown Over UkraineIn their Aviation Law column, Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green of Kreindler & Kreindler write: Since the advent of the Montreal Convention, the victims of major airline disasters have generally been able to recover damages without any arbitrary limitation. The circumstances of the Flight 17 disaster raise the possibility that damages in a major aviation accident may be limited without any other avenue for recovery.
By Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green
10 minute read
March 27, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Air Passenger Rights and ProtectionsIn their Aviation Law column, Justin T. Green and Anna Astrakhan write that long delays at airports are a familiar problem to any traveler, and passengers rarely know their rights when faced with unexpected delays, cancellations or overbooked flights.
By Justin T. Green and Anna Astrakhan
12 minute read
March 26, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Air Passenger Rights and ProtectionsIn their Aviation Law column, Justin T. Green and Anna Astrakhan write that long delays at airports are a familiar problem to any traveler, and passengers rarely know their rights when faced with unexpected delays, cancellations or overbooked flights.
By Justin T. Green and Anna Astrakhan
12 minute read
June 27, 2014 | New York Law Journal
Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370In their Aviation Law column, Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green, partners at Kreindler & Kreindler, write about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Unlike the many open questions surrounding the disaster, the law provides relatively simple and direct answers regarding liability.
By Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green
8 minute read
March 21, 2014 | New York Law Journal
Federal Jurisdiction and the Aviation CaseIn their Aviation Law column, Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green, partners with Kreindler & Kreindler, reviews a series of aviation cases where the issue of removal from the state court chosen by the plaintiff was recently litigated.
By Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green
12 minute read
July 30, 2012 | New York Law Journal
Standard of Care When Airlines Remove or Refuse to Board PassengersIn their Aviation Law column, Kreindler & Kreindler partners Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green write that after a spate of hijackings, the FAA was amended in 1961 to provide airlines discretion to refuse transportation, but a split has developed among the circuit courts as to whether airlines were immunized from liability over such a refusal unless it was arbitrary and capricious, or whether a common law reasonableness standard applies.
By Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green
9 minute read
February 21, 2012 | New York Law Journal
Second Circuit Opens Door to 9/11 Claims Against Foreign GovernmentsIn their Aviation Law column, Kreindler & Kreindler partners Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green review 'Doe v. Bin Laden,' which represented a swift legal about-face for the Second Circuit that led the panel to solicit the views of all active judges under a rarely invoked "mini-en-banc" internal court procedure designed to address inconsistent prior opinions, in this case, the three-year-old 'In re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001.'
By Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green
8 minute read
March 22, 2012 | New York Law Journal
French, U.S. Courts Battle Over Rules Governing International Air Crash CasesIn their Aviation Law column, Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green, partners at Kreindler & Kreindler, write that the litigation involving the August 2005 crash of West Caribbean Airways flight 708 has led to an extraordinary legal conflict between the highest court of France and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
By Steven R. Pounian and Justin T. Green
11 minute read
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