Despite a 1996 federal law prohibiting lawyers from contacting relatives within 30 days of a plane crash, it may be that families of the EgyptAir crash victims are not as well protected from unethical lawyers as they could be. It's unclear whether the law applies to the crash, which occurred outside the territorial waters of the U.S. And keeping an eye out for overreaching lawyers does not appear to be a high priority for the agencies charged with looking after the families in the wake of the tragedy.
November 08, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Despite a 1996 federal law prohibiting lawyers from contacting relatives within 30 days of a plane crash, it may be that families of the EgyptAir Flight 990 crash victims are not as well protected from unethical lawyers as they could be.
It’s unclear whether the Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Act applies to the Oct. 31 crash, which occurred in the Atlantic Ocean outside the territorial waters of the United States.
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