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The 'flying imams'-' federal lawsuit, filed this week in Minneapolis, has made headlines around the country. The imams are demanding unspecified damages from US Airways and the Metropolitan Airports Commission, [...]

Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Contract Arbitration - Arbitrability - Specific Clauses A national clearinghouse used by travel agents for documents to issue airline tickets need not arbitrate its fee [...]

Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Sanctions Under Rule 11 - Trademark Infringement In this trademark infringement case by a Maryland HMO, CareFirst of Maryland Inc., against a Chesapeake [...]

Byline: Jane M. Von Bergen Mar. 24--After a brawl between rival unions, US Airways unjustly fired 22 union members -- many of them leaders -- in an attempt to systematically [...]

Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Reopening Case - Improper Credit Report - Ch. 7 A bankruptcy court grants debtor's motion to reopen her bankruptcy case to pursue her claim [...]

Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Constitutional Rhode Island regulation - Lobster harvesting Where a plaintiff has challenged the constitutionality of a Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management regulation restricting [...]

Byline: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Staff Constitutional Rhode Island regulation - Lobster harvesting Where a plaintiff has challenged the constitutionality of a Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management regulation restricting the [...]

Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers Compensation Coming & Going Rule - In- Home Aide - First Patient - Auto Accident Even though the defendant paid the plaintiff $0.31 [...]

DOJ Settlement Clears Path for American Airlines/U.S. Airways Merger On Nov. 27, 2013, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean H. Lane, overseeing the bankruptcy of AMR Corporation, American Airlines' parent company, approved [...]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday it had dropped an antitrust lawsuit against American and US Airways in exchange for low-cost options for consumers. The [...]

Byline: Ted Reed To view this article on the web, click here: http://www.thestreet.com/story/12095200/1/look-for-a-nov-25-settlement-in-the-us-airwaysamr-merger-case.html CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TheStreet (http://www.thestreet.com)) -- Now the attorney general is speaking publicly about settlement terms for a [...]

In the government's antitrust case, the American Airlines and US Airways won't appeal for a rejection of their request for more information. The airlines claim that they can beat the [...]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- US Airways Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), continue to advocate for the vast opportunities created by a US Airways/American [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the Association of Flight Attendants: US Airways Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), continue to advocate for [...]

Byline: Chris Isidore NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A federal judge gave American Airlines and US Airways the quick court date they wanted in the government's attempt to block their proposed [...]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Two U.S. airlines, US Airways Group and American Airlines, said that a contracted escape clause could derail a merger if an antitrust trial is not [...]

Boston, Aug 16, 2013 (MidnightTrader via COMTEX) -- Airline stocks option implied volatility has increased after the DOJ filed an antitrust suit challenging US Airways (LCC), AMR Corp (AAMRQ) planned [...]

Byline: Ted Reed To view this article on the web, click here: http://www.thestreet.com/story/12010542/1/maybe-attorneys-expected-doj-lawsuit--but-airline-industry-was-shocked.html CHARLOTTE (TheStreet (http://www.thestreet.com)) --Within the airline industry, it seems ridiculous that the antitrust division of the Justice [...]

Washington, Aug 13, 2013 (EFE via COMTEX) -- The U.S. Department of Justice and the attorneys general of six states filed suit Tuesday to block the planned merger of American [...]

PHILADELPHIA, June 19 (UPI) -- A judge in Philadelphia sentenced a Frenchman to time served for pretending to be a commercial airline pilot and entering the cockpit of a U.S. [...]

Sponsors and administrators of self-insured health and welfare plans, as well as insurance companies that offer insured health and welfare products, take out your scrivener devices! In US Airways v. [...]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California: United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller sentenced Harold E. [...]

The Supreme Court Rules: Equitable Defenses May Not be Used by Participants to Rewrite and Defeat Plan Reimbursement Provisions By Michael A. Vanic and Joseph C. Faucher In our November [...]

In our November 2012 ERISA Litigation Newsletter, we discussed a split among the several federal Courts of Appeals with respect to the ability of employee benefit plans to recover reimbursement [...]

Plan sponsors, particularly those that sponsor self-funded health plans, should review plan document provisions in light of the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in US [...]

US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, 569 U.S. ___ (2013) In an opinion delivered by Justice Kagan, the Supreme Court recently clarified when equitable doctrines may apply in subrogation and reimbursement [...]

The United States Supreme Court recently clarified the scope of equitable relief available under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ('ERISA'), holding inU.S. Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen that equitable principles [...]

Supreme Court Update - Where Plan Reimbursement Or Recovery Terms Are Ambiguous Or Silent, Equitable Doctrines May Fill The Gaps US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, 569 U.S. ___ (2013) In [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Inspector General: Summary On April 22, 2013, Kenneth W. Smith was sentenced in US [...]

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in U.S. Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen in which the Court unanimously ruled that a clearly drafted reimbursement clause will trump all equitable [...]

In its US Airways v. McCutchen decision on April 16th, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and ruled equitable defenses (such as [...]

While it may seem boring to those who don't deal with benefit plans on a daily basis, the Supreme Court's recent decision in US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen is somewhat [...]

DENVER, April 15 (UPI) -- Two African-American brothers have filed a lawsuit against US Airways alleging they were not allowed to enter first class unless they changed their clothes. Miles [...]

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Da'Quan Bowers was arrested at a New York airport after a loaded firearm was found in his carry-on luggage, [...]

U.S. Airways Inc. v. McCutchen Today I attended oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of U.S. Airways Inc. v. McCutchen. At issue: whether Section 502(a)(3) of [...]

America's beleaguered airlines continue to hemorrhage money at an alarming rate. After losing $7 billion in 2001, carriers are expected to report close to $9 billion in losses for 2002, […]

US Airways Group Inc. asked a federal bankruptcy judge to extend by one month a deadline for filing its plan to emerge from bankruptcy. The seventh-largest U.S. airline expects to […]

The Supreme Court ruled today in an important disability rights case that an employer is not ordinarily required to distort a valid seniority system in order to accommodate the need […]