http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Continental Airlines Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/133163 Plaintiffs are poised to begin the discovery process in the multidistrict litigation against Continental Airlines Inc. and others over a February plane crash in Clarence, N.Y., that claimed 50 lives. http://www.law360.com/articles/133163 http://www.law360.com/articles/130145 A U.S. labor group and Britain's largest union are asking regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to grant antitrust immunity to airlines making up the Oneworld Alliance, which is fighting to win approval to become the world's third immunized airline alliance. http://www.law360.com/articles/130145 http://www.law360.com/articles/129250 Continental Airlines Inc. has lost a bid to regain retirement money it claims was wrongly paid out to several pilots still working for the airline who allegedly obtained sham divorces and then assigned their pensions to their ex-wives to game the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. http://www.law360.com/articles/129250 http://www.law360.com/articles/129276 The union representing US Airways pilots has joined a chorus of voices criticizing Oneworld Alliance's application for an antitrust exemption, saying it could compromise U.S. jobs. http://www.law360.com/articles/129276 http://www.law360.com/articles/127847 Airline unions have joined the growing list of critics of proposals by the industry's Oneworld alliance for antitrust exemption and are calling for more general oversight when it comes to competition within the industry. http://www.law360.com/articles/127847 http://www.law360.com/articles/127509 An appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a massive wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a deadly 2005 West Caribbean Airways SA flight that crashed in Venezuela and killed all 160 people aboard. http://www.law360.com/articles/127509 http://www.law360.com/articles/127531 A judge has given six small banks another chance after ruling about two months ago that they were not entitled to coverage from BancInsure Inc. for losses suffered on loans extended to Lou Pearlman, the former manager of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync who is now serving 25 years in prison for running a $300 million Ponzi scheme. http://www.law360.com/articles/127531 http://www.law360.com/articles/125890 After 41 years at Andrews Kurth LLP, Hugh M. Ray has made the jump to McKool Smith PC, where he will manage the firm's new Houston office and be part of its first wave of bankruptcy attorneys. http://www.law360.com/articles/125890 http://www.law360.com/articles/124392 EMG Technology LLC and Continental Airlines Inc. have asked the Texas judge overseeing EMG's patent suit against Continental and others, including Apple Inc. and Dell Inc., to dismiss all claims and counterclaims EMG and Continental leveled against each other in the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/124392 http://www.law360.com/articles/117458 While some are questioning the effectiveness of the financial stimulus packages, the “antitrust stimulus” is clearly being felt, with new pro-enforcement leadership at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission, say John G. Calender, Phillip C. Zane and Alexander M. McIntyre of Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC. http://www.law360.com/articles/117458 http://www.law360.com/articles/116880 EMG Technology LLC has targeted three more companies in its latest infringement suit, accusing Microsoft Corp., Southwest Airlines Co. and Scottrade Inc. of infringing two patents dealing with touch screens for wireless devices used to access simplified Web sites. http://www.law360.com/articles/116880 http://www.law360.com/articles/116586 Hundreds of investors taken in by boy-band impresario Lou Pearlman’s $300 million Ponzi scheme won’t be facing clawback suits under a reported settlement with the court-appointed trustee in Pearlman’s bankruptcy case. http://www.law360.com/articles/116586 http://www.law360.com/articles/116440 The head of long-haul airline Virgin Atlantic has asked President Barack Obama and political leaders to reject an antitrust immunity application from some of the airline's main competitors. http://www.law360.com/articles/116440 http://www.law360.com/articles/114183 A judge has ruled that six small banks are not entitled to coverage from BancInsure Inc. for losses suffered when money they loaned to music mogul Lou Pearlman, the former manager of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync now serving 25 years in prison for running a $300 million Ponzi scheme, was never repaid. http://www.law360.com/articles/114183 http://www.law360.com/articles/112466 With airlines forced to slash ticket prices just to fill the seats, many industry observers have begun to discuss potential changes to the industry, either through bankruptcy or consolidation. Either way, they say that not all of the passenger air carriers that are currently flying will be doing so in the near future. http://www.law360.com/articles/112466 http://www.law360.com/articles/110780 The U.S. Department of Transportation has granted antitrust immunity to Continental Airlines Inc., allowing it to join Star ATI Alliance, which includes United Air Lines Inc. and several foreign airlines. http://www.law360.com/articles/110780 http://www.law360.com/articles/109990 The Star ATI Alliance's nine airline members has called on the U.S. Department of Transportation to approve Continental Airlines Inc.'s bid for immunized membership in its business partnership, arguing that the U.S. Department of Justice's claim that the deal was anti-competitive ignored the realities of the airline industry. http://www.law360.com/articles/109990 http://www.law360.com/articles/109238 A federal judge has dismissed a suit that a group of pilots at Continental Airlines Inc. filed against the Air Line Pilots Association International in response to the union's challenge of their employer's interpretation of a seniority clause in the Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act. http://www.law360.com/articles/109238 http://www.law360.com/articles/108771 The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division came out strongly against Continental Airlines Inc.'s bid to join the immunized international Star ATI Alliance, saying the deal could put major competitive constraints on critical global routes, raise ticket prices and facilitate domestic collusion. http://www.law360.com/articles/108771 http://www.law360.com/articles/106934 U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Justice would be working with the U.S. Department of Transportation to consider pending antitrust questions in airline partnerships, a response to concerns that the DOT lacks the expertise to address major competition concerns. http://www.law360.com/articles/106934