Recent/Upcoming Events
June 2, 2009
Upcoming Events
Alan Reitzfeld will be moderating a panel on “5 Key Recommendations to the DOT: A New Direction for Air Transportation in America” at the Aviation on Trial program, sponsored by the ABA Section of Litigation and the New York City Bar. June 4 in New York City, New York, USA
Anita Mosner will discuss the implications of the recent EU-US Open Skies Agreement at the annual meeting of the American Association of Airport Executives. June 14-17 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
David Harrington will be a co-chair and panelist at the American Conference Institute’s Premier Forum on Defending and Managing Aviation Litigation, a defense counsel forum about the future of personal injury and wrongful death strategies for leading outside counsel and in-house counsel for manufacturers, carriers and insurers. June 23-24 at the Hyatt Regency Boston in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
William Piels will be speaking about a Report from the International Registery Advisory Board (IRAB) Representatives at the ABA Aircraft Financing Subcommittee Meeting at the ABA Annual Meeting. July 31 - August 1 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Alan Reitzfeld will be chairing a mock Mediation of Complex Aviation Accident Litigation at the Conference on International Aviation Liability & Insurance: In the Wake of the New Liability Conventions, sponsored by McGill University’s Institute of Air & Space Law. October 31 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Phillip Durham will be delivering a presentation titled "Goode Title: The Power to Dispose Under the Cape Town Convention" at the ABA Aircraft Financing Subcommittee Meeting at the ABA Annual Meeting. July 31 - August 1 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Recent Events
Anita Mosner spoke about airline consolidation at the 3rd Annual AirLaw Conference. She addressed matters such as legal issues in alliance agreements, current rules for ownership, consolidation impediments in the airline industry and the impact of EC Competition law on airline consolidation. Anita also chaired the second day of the conference.
John Pritchard spoke on a panel called “Cape Town Demystified,” which discussed recent developments concerning the implementation of that Convention. May 18 at the Hyatt Regency – The Churchill in London, England
William Piels was a presenter on the topics of Structuring an Operating Lease (two days) and Lease Administration and Risk Management (one day) at the Operating Leases Training Seminar. May 12-14 at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, Florida, USA
Tom Zimmer spoke on Operating Leasing; John Pritchard spoke on the Cape Town Convention and on Structuring of Leases; Rick Crowley spoke on Tax Leasing and Bill Piels and Jim Rollins spoke on Airline Defaults and Bankruptcy at the New York School of International Aviation Finance. April 15-17 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, New York, USA
John Pritchard spoke about Legal Issues and Closing Legal Opinions at the seminar on The Cape Town Convention After Three Years sponsored by the UK Foundation for International Uniform Law, The Aviation Working Group (AWG), The Legal Advisory Panel to the AWG and The International Registry Advisory Board. He also co-chaired the seminar. Mr. Pritchard chaired the AWG Legal Advisory Panel Meeting which discussed its next booklets on Cape Town Legal Practice. These can be obtained through the AWG website: www.awg.aero. March 18-19 at Freshfields in London, England
Bob Craft spoke on developments in U.S. airline-liability law, including jurisdiction, forum non conveniens, and liabilities arising out of accidents, delays and alleged discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion and disabilities, at the Patterson MacDougall Aviation Conference. February 19 at the Renaissance Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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