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March 30, 2005 |

Aviation Law

Steven R. Pounian and Blanca I. Rodriguez, partners at Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, write that the longest-running aviation litigation � involving the Dec. 21, 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland � may finally be drawing to an end after 16 years.
8 minute read
December 26, 2007 |

All-business class MAXjet files for bankruptcy protection, ceases operations

NEW YORK AP - MAXjet Airways ceased operations on Monday - leaving jets on tarmacs and stranding passengers on Christmas Eve - as the all-business class airline said it would file for bankruptcy protection.MAXjet cited soaring fuel prices and the deteriorating credit market for what it called a "drastic measure.
4 minute read
January 30, 2002 |

E.U.'s Differing IP and Antitrust Approach

There is a growing frequency with which U.S. companies have passed muster under U.S. antitrust laws only to be challenged anew by the European Union for the same conduct and with different results. A recent case between IMS Health and NDC Health is a cautionary tale for U.S. companies seeking to protect their intellectual property rights in the European Union in the face of E.U. antitrust principles.
7 minute read
September 24, 2007 |

Pan Am Alleges Sheppard Mullin Helped Ex-GC Conceal His Fraud

The re-reincarnation of the airline Pan American is suing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and one of the firm's D.C. attorneys for legal malpractice, alleging the firm, which represented two of the airline's subsidiaries in the past, breached a fiduciary duty by agreeing to represent Pan Am's general counsel without the company's knowledge. The case provides an interesting, though convoluted, look at what can happen if your wayward in-house counsel lawyers up with one of your outside law firms.
7 minute read
July 22, 2005 |

Northwest Prepares for Mechanics Strike, While Attendants File Suit

With a possible mechanics strike looming, Northwest Airlines says it has nearly finished training replacement workers and that it has begun shifting more maintenance work to outside contractors. The nation's fourth-largest airline has vowed to keep flying if mechanics strike on Aug. 20, when a 30-day cooling-off period ends. Meanwhile, Northwest flight attendants sued the airline in federal court Thursday, demanding that it stop training replacement attendants in preparation for a strike.
3 minute read
July 18, 2013 |

Asia Deal Digest: July 18, 2013

* Chinese search giant Baidu turns to Davis Polk for its largest acquisition ever* MoFo and Fenwick & West lead on a $1.8 billion mobile chip deal in China* A New Zealand health care company turns to Chapman Tripp for an $860 million Aussie acquisition
7 minute read
March 17, 2008 |

VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

4 minute read
May 03, 2013 |

The 'Rogue Employee' and Dogs That Eat Homework

Have you ever noticed, when companies become the focus of a compliance scandal, that one of the first instincts of the company spokesperson is to blame the bad act on the proverbial "rogue employee"?
4 minute read
December 20, 1999 |

Gold Diggers

Amazon gets it. Wired didn't. In September, the Internet bookseller won a patent for its one-click ordering system. Then Amazon.com pounced on its chief rival, barnesandnoble.com, claiming patent infringement. In early December, Amazon won a preliminary injunction, forcing barnesandnoble.com to change its ordering system at the height of Christmas shopping. The self-proclaimed voice of new technology, Wired magazine, could have tried to cash in on one of its innovations -- click-through banner advertising.
7 minute read
July 01, 2011 |

Cuba tries to drag shadow economy into the light

A slew of economic changes introduced over the past year by President Raul Castro, including the right to work for oneself in 178 approved jobs, has been billed as a wide new opening for entrepreneurship in Cuba.
7 minute read

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