Kenyan Firm's Boeing Crash Fee Dispute Largely Proceeds

By Jonathan Capriel ( March 18, 2026, 8:34 PM EDT) -- An Illinois law firm couldn't escape claims that it owes a Kenyan law firm upward of $1.5 million as part of a fee-sharing agreement stemming from a settlement with Boeing over the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash, with an Illinois federal judge refusing to call the oral agreement unenforceable....

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