179 ABA Journal Aviation & Space Law articles.
Jan 1, 2016 3:10 AM CST
A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal by an airplane ride-arranging app that contended pilots finding passengers through its website didn’t need to have commercial licenses.
The U.S. Court…
Dec 28, 2015 5:45 AM CST
A Taiwanese woman who gave birth on Oct. 8 aboard a China Airlines flight to Los Angeles that was diverted to Alaska may have succeeded in what local media in…
Oct 23, 2015 2:00 PM CDT
Delta Airlines is facing a federal lawsuit over a ban it imposed on transporting big-game trophies in the wake of an international controversy over the hunting death of an African…
Oct 16, 2015 4:00 PM CDT
A University of Kentucky law student was charged with wanton endangerment on Friday after allegedly flying a drone at Commonwealth Stadium just before the season opener game against Louisiana-Lafayette kicked…
Sep 11, 2015 2:30 PM CDT
Rejecting offered compensation of approximately $83,000, families of at least some of the 150 people killed earlier this year when their Germanwings flight crashed in the French Alps are planning…
Aug 10, 2015 1:35 PM CDT
Aug 1, 2015 12:30 AM CDT
Addressing a new technology, Chicago’s city council is pondering possible regulations on drones that would restrict hours of operation and require owners of the unmanned small aircraft to register them…
Jul 31, 2015 10:45 AM CDT
Cities are interested in transportation services offered by groups like Uber and Lyft, but they also have concerns about public safety, according to a recent survey (PDF) by the…
Jul 30, 2015 7:35 PM CDT
A federal appeals court has ruled that the former chairman of an airport board in Kentucky had no expectation of privacy in an inadvertent “pocket dial” call.
The decision…
Jul 21, 2015 2:24 PM CDT
A French company’s patent application lays out a way for squeezing more passengers onto airplanes. However, those who might potentially use it aren’t enthused.
Among other techniques, the so-called “economy…
Jul 15, 2015 4:46 PM CDT
On Thursday, a 63-year-old woman who has made international headlines over her repeated claimed efforts to get aboard commercial airlines in multiple states without a ticket was released from the…
Jul 6, 2015 10:45 AM CDT
The FBI operates a fleet of low-flying aircraft equipped with video and cellphone surveillance technology that generally gather information without judicial approval, according to an investigative report.
The airplanes operate…
Jun 2, 2015 10:50 AM CDT
A cybersecurity consultant who claims he hacked onto airline computer systems while on board as a passenger and once briefly controlled a plane is being investigated by the FBI.
Federal…
May 19, 2015 1:10 PM CDT
Travelers so frequently forget items at airport security checkpoints that the federal Transportation Security Administration has a routine procedure for logging and holding lost property.
However, a watch left at…
May 8, 2015 7:30 AM CDT
