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The Legal Intelligencer

Class Action Against Southwest Over COVID-Related Cancellations Is Cleared for Takeoff

The ruling, which also rejected efforts to strike the class allegations and move the case to Texas, marks a departure from some rulings last year, which had found that class action claims against other airlines could not survive preemption under the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA).
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Managing ESG Risks in the Aviation Industry

As environmental, social and governance-related issues continue to be a focus of investors and other stakeholders, we expect to see industry participants continuing to explore innovative ways to reduce their carbon emissions and mitigate ESG risks, say Kevin Lewis, Bart Biggers and Heather Palmer, attorneys with Sidley Austin.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

DeSantis, Moody Push to Lift Federal CDC Cruise Restrictions

Attorney General Ashley Moody said during an event with Gov. Ron DeSantis and cruise industry officials at Port Canaveral that she was looking at ways to "push back" against a directive by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that essentially keeps the cruise industry from operating.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Bed' Tax Money Pitched by House Committee to Combat Flooding

Rep. Bryan Avila says local governments would not be required to use tourist-development money for flooding-related projects but would have the option.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

US Judge Orders Nearly $70K in Fees and Costs Over Failure to Turn Over Discovery Materials

U.S. District Judge Yvette Kane made her ruling in a case where a cruise operator failed to turn over information about security policies until after the close of discovery, despite making representations that the plaintiffs had all relevant materials. Kane made no finding of bad faith.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Vacation Rental Plan 'Clearly a Work in Progress'

The fight about oversight of short-term rentals has escalated in the Legislature as the popularity of vacation properties advertised on platforms such as Airbnb has mushroomed.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hard Rock Atlantic City Brings New General Counsel to the Table

Nanette Horner is a veteran gaming attorney who has served as the chief lawyer for a publicly traded casino company, an industry regulator, a private lawyer specializing in gaming laws and an adjunct professor of casino law.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Jobless Claims Plummet as Travel Industry Concerns Remain

Gov. Ron DeSantis has been quick to push back against a report that President Joe Biden's administration was considering new travel restrictions to areas, including Florida, that have seen a surge in cases involving variants of COVID-19.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

House Proposal on Vacation Rental Preemption Revs Up Again

Rep. Jason Fischer says his proposal would "fix the dysfunction of the regulatory scheme across the state of Florida."
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ex-Hilton Lawyer Finds 'Dream Job' in Travel Industry's New Frontier

Laura Heltebran, the first ever chief lawyer for Wheels Up, says "private aviation hasn't even begun to fully pierce the available market share—unlike hospitality where all the brands are pretty much fighting for the same people who were already staying in hotels or, and I hate to even say it, Airbnb."
7 minute read

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