August 25, 2025
An Illinois federal judge seemed skeptical Monday that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling opened the door for an entrepreneur's family to add civil racketeering claims to their lawsuit stemming from a 2018 Lion Air crash that destroyed cargo they say is necessary to continue doing business in Italy.
February 16, 2024
The Seventh Circuit on Friday considered whether a more than century-old law governing fatal accidents occurring over the high seas allows the two remaining victims' estates suing Boeing over the Lion Air 737 Max crash to demand a jury trial.
June 05, 2023
An Egyptian attorney linked to Girardi Keese has recently sent troubling messages demanding money from a family whose plane-crash settlement was looted by the scandal-plagued firm, the victims' former counsel at Edelson PC told a Chicago federal judge Monday.
May 25, 2023
An Illinois federal judge said Thursday that the remaining victims' estates suing Boeing over the 2018 Lion Air 737 Max crash can immediately ask the Seventh Circuit to consider whether Boeing must face a jury trial under the Death on the High Seas Act, rather than a bench trial.
December 19, 2022
Boeing and the widow of the pilot who died in a 2018 Lion Air crash settled their damages dispute days before a Monday bench trial.
November 02, 2022
Two former Girardi Keese attorneys covered for their boss as he stole money from their clients and lied about it, a Chicago federal judge wrote Wednesday in a scathing opinion that called their behavior "simply inexcusable" and laid out the details for prosecutors and bar regulators.
September 19, 2022
Crash victims' families said Boeing should not be allowed to bypass an Illinois federal jury trial and close out the last remaining lawsuits over the deadly 2018 Lion Air accident with a narrowly focused bench trial, saying Boeing must be held fully accountable under other injury claims.
September 06, 2022
Boeing pressed its bid for an Illinois federal court bench trial to close out the last remaining lawsuits from victims' estates over the 2018 Lion Air plane crash, maintaining that the Death on the High Seas Act claims can be swiftly resolved without a jury.
July 21, 2022
A protective order for documents Boeing will produce for two remaining Lion Air Flight 610 crash cases doesn't need to include language allowing the plaintiffs to give prosecutors documents containing evidence of potentially criminal conduct, an Illinois federal judge said Thursday.
July 15, 2022
The State Bar of California wants copies of sealed records as part of a previously undisclosed investigation into two former Girardi Keese lawyers accused of helping the firm steal more than $2 million from settlements meant for widows and orphans of plane crash victims, according to a motion filed Friday in Chicago federal court.