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Corporate Counsel

Boeing Reports on $2B in Crash-Related Losses as Luttig Wrangles Undisclosed Legal Costs

Its report did note the risk related to "potential adverse developments in new or pending litigation and/or government investigations." Overseeing those legal matters is J. Michael Luttig, former general counsel and now chief counsel and adviser to Boeing's chief executive.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

'US Airways v. Sabre Holdings': A Tale of a Two-Sided Market

The past year and a half witnessed important antitrust law developments for cases involving "two-sided" transaction markets, i.e., markets in which a sale on one side cannot be made without also making a sale on the other side of the market. Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision in 'US Airways v. Sabre Holdings', which is the next chapter in this evolving story.
16 minute read

The Recorder

Passengers Sue United Claiming Kickbacks Doubled the Cost of Travel Insurance

Consumers claim that they would not have paid the artificially inflated travel insurance prices had they known that the airline negotiated a brokerage fee with the sellers.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Amid Terrorism Talk, Bail Denied in Aircraft Sabotage Case

Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani is accused of disabling a critical navigation component on the Boeing 737, which had 150 passengers and crew aboard.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

2nd Circuit Erases $15M in Damages Awarded in Airline-Booking Antitrust Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday ordered a new trial in the case, which accused Sabre Holdings Corp. of monopolization and unlawfully restricting trade under the Sherman Act.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

American Airlines Mechanic Accused of Sabotaging Flight

Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani admitted tampering with a navigation system on the plane so that he could collect overtime work, according to a criminal complaint affidavit.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

American Airlines Lands Permanent Injunction Against Mechanics Union

“The only reasonable explanation for the slowdown is concerted action on the part of plaintiff’s mechanics,” wrote U.S. District Judge John McBryde.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

15-Lawyer LeClairRyan Aviation Team Jumps to Fox Rothschild

The multistate moves mark the latest in a string of exits from LeClairRyan in recent months and will bring Fox Rothschild a new office in Northern Virginia.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

One Giant Leap for Mankind, Many Small Steps in Litigation

No case appears to have changed American jurisprudence in any cosmic fashion, but they show how much was at stake in the $28 billion government program and how the lunar landings remain a source of fascination 50 years later.
8 minute read

Law.com

Critical Mass: Boeing's $100M Promise Met With Lawyers' Skepticism. Plus: Fuel Tank Litigation Out of Gas

Attorneys said the aerospace company's offer wouldn't give answers about two 737 Max 8 crashes, and would not absolve it of potential exposure to punitive damages
5 minute read

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