It appears that eating utensils—or table knives, at the very least—will remain banned as carry-on items on U.S. airlines flights, under safety rules adopted after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist…
Mar 6, 2013 9:36 PM CST
A lawsuit claiming United Continental Holdings breached a contract with high-mileage frequent flier customers has gotten the green light.
U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber of Chicago ruled last week that…
Feb 5, 2013 5:40 PM CST
Maria-Vittoria Carminati: “Space tourist flights are scheduled to start in the next few years at $90,000 to $200,000 a seat.” Photo by Jack Thompson.
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The hatchet in a checked bag for an airline passenger traveling through Los Angeles from Japan last week, en route to Boston, was legal, according to authorities. Ditto the gas…
Oct 12, 2012 7:23 PM CDT
Should humans who meet extraterrestrials be quarantined? Who pays if satellites fall to the ground, hurting people or damaging property? Space lawyers are raising the issues and providing the answers.
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Aug 9, 2012 10:30 AM CDT
Joe Gutheinz retired more than a decade ago from his job as a senior agent for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s office of inspector general.
But the Houston attorney…
May 14, 2012 6:29 PM CDT
A New Mexico woman who said she was ordered off a Delta Connections flight in Vermont in 2006 after she refused an offended flight attendant’s demand to cover herself with…
Mar 16, 2012 9:25 PM CDT
After some women passengers complained that they were being singled out for body scans by Transportation Safety Administration agents at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, a privacy filter was installed…
Feb 15, 2012 8:57 PM CST
A Groupon Pioneer Looks Back
On Jan. 19, 2011, when An ethics subcommittee of the North Carolina State Bar was deciding whether a lawyer in the state could ethically offer…
Jan 20, 2012 2:33 PM CST
A Texas trusts and estates lawyer was briefly taken into custody and faces a potential felony case after reportedly forgetting that she had a loaded handgun in her carry-on computer…
Jan 19, 2012 9:12 PM CST
A 73-year-old Florida man contacted food poisoning and died shortly eating an in-flight meal on American Airlines, according to his family, and they recently filed a lawsuit against the carrier…
Dec 2, 2011 4:15 PM CST
For those wondering how aggressively the U.S. Department of Transportation intends to enforce a new rule requiring airlines not to keep domestic passengers sitting for more than 3 hours in…
Nov 14, 2011 7:15 PM CST
An unusual October snowstorm wreaked havoc on northeastern states, stranding passengers of multiple airplanes on the tarmac for more than seven hours over the weekend and closing a number of…
Oct 31, 2011 6:15 PM CDT
A former U.S. Air Force pilot who lost a leg after being shot down over Germany in World War II, Bill Kraham survived, although he lost part of a leg…
Oct 5, 2011 6:28 PM CDT