Nota Bene Episode 101: Catching up with Global Climate Regulation with Nico van Aelstyn
Meritas Capability Webinar - Restructuring Insolvent Airlines in the Americas: A Look at LATAM and Developments with AeroMexico and Avianca
Asiana Flight 214: The Potential Causes and Legal Implications - Mike Danko
Good Sunday morning from Seatle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, April 4, is below. This week’s Update features a number of follow up stories on topics covered in recent Updates, including...more
The 2025 Airline Economics Conference in Dublin highlighted several key trends and challenges currently shaping the aviation industry, with a particular focus on the leasing sector, sustainability, profitability, and...more
Katten ESG Guidepost is a monthly publication highlighting the latest news, legal and regulatory developments involving environmental, social and governance matters....more
The "European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin” breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe during the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways. ...more
In this week’s edition, we discuss a Colombian court’s ruling in favor of an indigenous community who challenged the legality of a carbon credit project and a letter written by environmental activist groups to 71 airlines...more
The European Commission and EU consumer authorities have sent letters to 20 airlines “identifying several types of potentially misleading green claims,” focusing on “claims made by airlines that the CO2 emissions caused by a...more
As the aviation industry pins its hopes on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050, Joe Clinton, Matthew Townsend, Richard Chamberlain and Ying-Peng Chin outline the regulatory, investment...more
For more than a decade, environmental groups have accused airlines of "greenwashing" or misrepresenting the sustainability of their business operations. Now these claims are gaining traction around the globe. These groups...more
This week’s Update features a wide variety of stories, including two on the growing influence of fintech products and their suppliers...more
Key Points - - Insurance companies are bracing themselves for years of legal disputes over liability for total losses claimed by lessors to aircraft stranded in Russia as a result of sanctions over Russia's invasion of...more
Strong diplomatic and economic ties have long existed between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and North Africa but there are other levers at play for deepening economic relations....more
This week’s Update features two stories detailing fintech’s growing influence on online travel. Regular readers of our Update know that we’ve featured a number of fintech and payment related stories this past year, with...more
During the last several years, airlines have announced aggressive ESG targets. A significant component of many of these targets is the need for airlines to source more sustainable airline fuel and become less reliant on...more
Travel restrictions related to COVID-19 have been in place for more than a year. Certain restrictions have been removed, but the ones on travel from Brazil, China, India, Iran, Ireland, the Schengen Zone, South Africa, and...more
This week’s Update provides additional information (and perspectives) on Tripadvisor’s new subscription program (Tripadvisor Plus), parity updates from South Korea and the latest on Fareportal’s antitrust claims against...more
In Washington: House committees continue drafting the next COVID-19 relief package, which must pass before March 14, to prevent many Americans from losing their increased unemployment benefits. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says...more
As we finally approach the end of this horrific 2020 year, there are a number of potential developments to consider as to the variety of travel related restrictions imposed by presidential proclamation during 2020. In...more
This week’s Update features two stories on the growing (temporary?) phenomenon of using hotel guest rooms and other public spaces for those seeking an alternative arrangement to working from home and how those new remote work...more
Federal regulators—including the Federal Reserve and the OCC—have fined Citigroup $400 million over “longstanding” failures in the areas of risk management, data governance, and internal controls. In addition to the fine, the...more
Following recent histrionics from the White House, ByteDance, “the Chinese internet giant that owns TikTok, has offered to sell all of the popular video app’s American operations as a way to save the business from being...more
This 15th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, showcases new and evolving trends. This week we note how COVID-19 has accelerated a pre-existing trend toward class action litigation. And...more
Several themes emerged in this week’s stories, including the bullish return of short-term rentals and the continued direct booking efforts by airlines and the metasearch sites seeking to serve them. Enjoy....more
In the current market, the sale-leaseback can be an effective tool for airlines to raise cash, transition an aircraft model out of the fleet, or manage residual-value risk. For example, it has been reported that (1) Southwest...more
I. Education - Rosenkrantz v. Arizona Board of Regents (D. Ariz. Mar. 27, 2020) – putative class action alleging the board failed to offer refunds for a portion of its room and board fees or other on-campus services after...more
Another week brings another round of COVID-19-related lawsuits. Even after a month, we already can identify some early trends: refund lawsuits and second amendment claims continue to boom. A rise in takings claims may signal...more