A recently-issued multi-agency report highlights a path for the U.S. government to replace fossil fuel-based jet fuel with renewable sources to address climate change and encourage infrastructure development. The U.S....more
10/4/2022
/ Air Pollution ,
Aircraft ,
Aviation Industry ,
Biden Administration ,
Biofuel ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Policies ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Infrastructure ,
Pollution Control ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform
Congress has injected yet another wave of stimulus funding as the Biden Administration attempts to shape the future of America’s infrastructure. On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law House Bill 5376, known as...more
8/29/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Energy Reform ,
Federal Funding ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Infrastructure ,
Prescription Drug Coverage ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Reform
U.S. manufacturers face many challenges, but they do not do so alone. An entire system of trade laws and enforcement exists to help “level the playing field” and respond to competition from unfairly priced imports. Sometimes...more
Airlines are creatures of interstate and international commerce: roaming the skies and crossing territorial boundaries to deliver passengers and cargoes to destinations not cabined by state lines. To avoid unfair application...more
In an opinion issued on January 15, 2021, the Circuit Court for Cook County, Illinois dismissed an attempted class action lawsuit seeking refunds for flights canceled by Interjet Airlines....more
After two foreign-territory crashes and a resulting 21-month-plus forced grounding, the Boeing 737 MAX returned to the U.S. skies on December 29, 2020, which followed authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration...more
In these unprecedented, economically-challenging times for the aviation industry, it is especially important that airlines, manufacturers and other industry stakeholders have an accessible avenue open to them for pursuing...more
Class action plaintiffs lawyers have reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic by filing putative class actions against airlines which, in order to conserve desperately needed cash, are offering travel credits in lieu of cash refunds...more
The tech explosion in West Coast cosmopolitan areas has exacerbated homelessness in the region, prompting state and local governments to enact or at least propose new taxes on large metropolitan businesses....more
2/5/2020
/ Aerospace ,
Airlines ,
Excise Tax ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Financial Planning ,
Homeless Issues ,
Local Taxes ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Payroll Taxes ,
SALT ,
State and Local Government ,
State Taxes ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Liability
The process for approving changes in airport operations and development projects may now be more complicated, time-consuming, expensive and uncertain, due to a new federal appeals court decision. The decision faults the...more
12/9/2019
/ Airports ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Aviation Industry ,
Business Expansion ,
Categorical Exclusions ,
Construction Project ,
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) ,
Environmental Review ,
Exemptions ,
Failure to Comply ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Impact Assessments ,
NEPA ,
Real Estate Development ,
Remand
Twenty-three years after Title III of the Helms-Burton Act was enacted and immediately "shelved" by President Clinton, the United States government is reportedly on the verge of permitting U.S. nationals to sue companies that...more
The high plains of Texas set the stage for a dramatic standoff between Lufthansa German Airlines and global distribution service (GDS) giant Sabre Travel over Lufthansa's decision to impose an $18 surcharge on every ticket...more
2/22/2019
/ Agents ,
Airline Deregulation Act ,
Airlines ,
Aviation Industry ,
Breach of Contract ,
Established Business Relationship ,
Lufthansa ,
Preemption ,
Revenue ,
Sales & Distribution Agreements ,
Surcharges ,
Tortious Interference ,
Travel ,
TX Supreme Court
When airports need more money to operate and grow, their natural prey for cash are airlines and their passengers, general aviation and concessions....more
The City of Los Angeles has failed in its bid for dismissal of the lawsuit filed last summer by Turo Inc. (formerly RelayRides), a peer-to-peer car-sharing company that objects to being taxed and otherwise treated like a...more
Seeking to avoid an "absurd result," the highest state court in Wyoming has ruled that the Jackson Hole Airport cannot refuse to produce airport-related documents by claiming that the airport is not subject to the state's...more
In a tax case that has had more twists and switchbacks than the Swiss Glacier Express, rail carrier CSX scored an important victory on March 23, 2018, in its decade-long effort to challenge what they contended was an...more