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The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—July 31, 2024—Willig Williams, Babst Calland

Labor, employment, workers' compensation and family law firm Willig, Williams & Davidson announced that attorney Erica Askin has joined the firm's labor law practice group.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

After DOJ Smackdowns Leave JetBlue Spiraling, Longtime GC Heads for Exit

The last four years have been brutal for Brandon Nelson and JetBlue, which was whipsawed by the pandemic and then had to cancel two deals that were supposed to drive growth after courts ruled they broke antitrust law.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FedEx General Counsel Cruising Into Retirement After 42 Years With Shipping Giant

Mark Allen hopscotched around the globe helping build the company's international operations before taking the legal reins in 2017.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Boeing Agrees to Felony Plea, as CLO Brett Gerry Strives to Contain 737 Max Crisis

Families of 737 Max crash victims already are vehemently opposing the deal, saying it goes way too easy on Boeing, and will urge federal Judge Reed O'Connor to reject it.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

737 Max Crash Victims' Families Blast Proposed Boeing Punishment as 'Sweetheart Deal'

"The plea deal is a complete slap in the face to the victim families," said Peter Reilly, a Texas A&M law professor who is representing families.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

737 Max Crash Victims' Families Demand $25B Boeing Fine, Prosecution of Ex-Execs

"Any resolution of the case that fails to reflect that Boeing killed 346 people dishonors the crime victims' memory," said Paul Cassell, a lawyer representing families of 737 Max crash victims
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Awards $48.6 Million to Frontier Airlines in COVID-19 Breach of Contract Suit

U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton held a bench trial in April to determine whether AMCK breached its contract with Frontier. Stanton noted that he had a specific focus on whether AMCK waived its right to timely payment during an April 2020 phone call between executives at the two companies.
3 minute read

Law.com

AARP Joins Attorneys in Filing Federal Age Discrimination Class Action Against RTX Corp.

"Fortune 500 companies should know better than to exclude hardworking older Americans from jobs by targeting 'recent college graduates' in hiring posts," Adam Klein, managing partner at Outten & Golden, said in a statement.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Court Stymies Judge Who Ordered Southwest Attorneys Into 'Religious Liberty' Training

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found Judge Brantley Starr likely exceeded his authority when he doled out the contempt sanction last summer in a religious-discrimination case brought by one of the airline's flight attendants.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Clears Way for Wiretap Claims Against Delta, JetBlue for Use of Session Replay Code

"The court found no source in this district or under this circuit to suggest that visitors to websites should justifiably expect to have all their actions recorded. On the contrary, courts have found that software like the Session Replay Code are not an expected component of internet activity," U.S. District Judge Robert J. Colville said.
6 minute read

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