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National Law Journal

Dentons' US Aviation Group Packs Its Bags for LeClairRyan

The global legal giant is set to lose its U.S. aviation practice to LeClairRyan, according to two people who follow the practice area. The group, which includes partner Mark Dombroff in Tysons, Virginia, is known for its representation of aviation industry clients after plane crashes.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cozen O'Connor Faces Suit Over Flightless Airplane

A Delaware aviation company is arguing Cozen O'Connor gave the company faulty advice on how to get coverage for its damaged airplane.
15 minute read

New York Law Journal

Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, N.A. v. Synergy Aerospace Corp.

Breach Action Against Guarantors in Lawsuit Over Failed Jetliner Lease Is Not Dismissed
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Former Lockheed Martin In-House Counsel to Head VA Legal Department

James Byrne used to be associate general counsel and chief privacy officer at Lockheed Martin.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Awards $11.9 Million in Suit Against Civil Air Patrol

When Atlanta attorney Ranse Partin sued the U.S. Civil Air Patrol on behalf of the widow of a physician killed in a 2014 plane crash that also took the lives of two of his companions, he decided to learn to fly.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Court Tosses Lawsuits Against Florida Pilot Over Plane Crash in Nigeria

Effectively scuttling 38 lawsuits combined on appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that lawsuits by foreigners against the estate of the pilot, who was from Florida, cannot be pursued in the U.S. for a 2012 plane crash that occurred in Nigeria.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

One Giant Leap: How Lawyer Won Apollo 11 Moondust Case

The legal backstory to an auction of a cloth bag containing lunar dust from the Apollo 11 mission, which fetched $1.8 million on Thursday, "is a pretty cool case," said the lawyer who won it.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Peter Carter, Delta Air Lines

Peter Carter left Dorsey & Whitney in Minneapolis to become executive vice president and chief legal officer at Delta Air Lines in July 2015, and,…
5 minute read

The Recorder

Small Drone Users Assess Appellate Court's Decision to Bar FAA from Requiring Hobbyists to Register Drones

On May 19, 2017, the D.C. Circuit struck down the FAA's authority to issue registration requirements as to model aircraft. The Court's ruling makes it unlikely that the FAA will attempt to further regulate hobbyist small UAS use absent new Congressional authority. However, hobbyist drone operators could ultimately face attempts by state or local agencies that seek to develop and administer new rules and regulations on model drone use.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

US Lawyers Who Spurred Cuba Investments Await Trump Changes

American Airlines' lawyer weighs in, carefully, on the looming changes in U.S.-Cuba relations.
2 minute read

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