Chicago lawyer Thomas Demetrio now represents a second unhappy airline passenger. Demetrio announced Monday that he represents a mother shown in an online video crying after an American Airlines flight attendant allegedly yanked a stroller from her, report the Washington Post, AJC.com, the Palm Beach Post and CNBC. Demetrio appeared…
A lawyer for the man dragged from a United Airlines plane said at a press conference on Thursday that his client will need reconstructive surgery and will "probably" file a lawsuit.
United Airlines is taking a lot of heat after a video showed a recalcitrant passenger who was bumped from a flight on Sunday being dragged down the aisle of a plane in Chicago.
The treaty is a product of the Cold War and primarily addresses concerns of that era, including nuclear war. So for 50 years, the treaty has prevented belligerent nations from putting weapons of mass destruction into space. But space is becoming big business, and commercial interests are putting new pressures on the law of outer space.
There are five international treaties that deal with issues such as arms control, freedom of exploration, liability for damage caused by space objects, exploitation of natural resources in outer space, and more.
A federal judge in Louisville has dismissed a suit seeking damages against a property owner who shot down a hobbyist’s drone in 2015. Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas Russell dismissed the suit against self-described “drone slayer” William Merideth, citing a lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction, Ars Technica reports. The…
The Transportation Security Administration overstated the scientific validity of a program that uses “behavior detection” to spot people who pose a security risk, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. In a report (PDF) released this month, the ACLU says academic research undermines the program’s premise: that TSA officers can…
An argument that Flytenow—which facilitated flight-sharing between private pilots and passengers by way of an app—was not a “common carrier” was rejected Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court. The cert petition was denied without comment by the court, Law.com reports. Private pilots can share flight costs with passengers, but the…
A Texan who made the winning bid of $350,000 at a Dallas Safari Club auction for a permitted trip to kill an African rhinoceros wound up suing Delta Airlines last year for refusing to transport his dead trophy. But a federal judge on Monday dismissed the suit filed by Corey…
Lawyers for survivors of some of the 150 individuals who died when a co-pilot intentionally crashed a Germanwings flight in the French Alps last year have found a way to file suit over the incident in the United States. Investigators said privacy laws that allowed co-pilot Andreas Lubitz to conceal…
You know how sometimes it feels like you’re being watched while on a bus or in line at the supermarket? You look to your left and right to see whose peepers are peering at you. But these days you might want to shoot a glance upward, as it’s possible that…
A Michigan Appeals Court judge is the subject of a criminal investigation after a loaded gun was reportedly found in his carry-on luggage on Sunday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Authorities said Judge Henry William Saad, 68, who has a permit to carry a firearm, was briefly detained after federal Transportation…
A hobbyist whose drone was shot down by a Kentucky property owner is asking a court for $1,500 in damages and a decision on who had rights to the airspace. The issue is whether John Boggs’ drone was trespassing or if it was flying in airspace within the jurisdiction of…
Editor’s note: Since publication of this story in the print edition of the ABA Journal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied Flytenow’s request to overturn the Federal Aviation Administration’s ban on the Web-based service that facilitated cost-splitting arrangements between private pilots and passengers. Flytenow…
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