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  1. November 10, 2020

    Boeing Defends Withholding Crash Docs In 737 Max RICO Suit

    Boeing said it's temporarily barred by the National Transportation Safety Board from sharing information on the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes while investigations are ongoing, and consumers spearheading a Texas racketeering case over the 737 Max are misconstruing disclosure rules to try and gain access to information.

  2. November 02, 2020

    Boeing Can't Claim 'Privilege' In Max RICO Suit, Court Told

    Boeing and Southwest Airlines customers sparred Monday over whether the aerospace giant can claim privilege by using international aviation standards as a legal shield to withhold information on the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes in a Texas racketeering case concerning the 737 Max.

  3. October 21, 2020

    Ex-Pierce Bainbridge Attys Can Seal Motion In Boeing Suit

    A Texas federal judge on Wednesday allowed Hecht Partners LLP to file under seal a motion seeking that either the firm be allowed to withdraw from a proposed racketeering class action against Southwest Airlines and Boeing or that the court compel the attorneys representing ticket buyers to cooperate.

  4. July 23, 2020

    Southwest Can't Fast-Track Appeal In 737 Max RICO Suit

    A Texas federal judge said Thursday that Southwest Airlines can't fast-track a Fifth Circuit appeal challenging whether passengers who alleged they were overcharged for flights on unsafe 737 Max jets could sue under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

  5. June 11, 2020

    Pierce Bainbridge Breakup Sparks Rift In Boeing Class Suit

    A new firm purporting to be the "successor" to Pierce Bainbridge in connection with a proposed racketeering class action against Southwest Airlines and Boeing told a Texas federal judge Thursday that ex-colleagues who already established their own firm shouldn't score lead class counsel status in the suit.

  6. May 29, 2020

    Pierce Bainbridge Calls Interim Class Lead Bid Premature

    Pierce Bainbridge's remaining lawyers have urged a Texas federal judge not to appoint a new firm formed by their ex-colleagues as interim lead counsel in a proposed class action against Southwest Airlines and Boeing, saying the move would be "premature."

  7. May 26, 2020

    Ex-Pierce Atty Says Colleague Lied In Boeing Max 8 Hearing

    Confusion about Pierce Bainbridge's role in an airline class action mounted in recent days as a former Pierce attorney accused a onetime firm leader of potentially lying in court and another attorney representing the embattled partnership of trying to "intimidate" him into silence.

  8. April 29, 2020

    Southwest, Boeing Fight Pierce Bainbridge Withdrawal Bid

    Pierce Bainbridge's messy wind down is creating problems in a proposed class action against Southwest Airlines and Boeing over two deadly 737 Max 8 jet crashes, with the companies claiming they've been left in the dark as the firm seeks to withdraw and leave the newly formed Bathaee Dunne LLP to pilot the case. 

  9. March 30, 2020

    Passengers Rip Southwest's Appeal Bid In 737 Max RICO Suit

    Air travelers said Friday that Southwest Airlines cannot use rejected standing arguments to fast-track an appeal of a Texas federal judge's decision to keep alive a proposed racketeering class action alleging the airline colluded to shore up public confidence in Boeing's defective 737 Max jets.

  10. February 14, 2020

    Boeing, Southwest Must Face Passengers' 737 Max RICO Suit

    A Texas federal judge ruled Friday that Southwest Airlines and Boeing must face a trimmed proposed racketeering class action alleging they colluded to shore up public confidence in Boeing's defective 737 Max jets to protect a long-standing relationship that prioritized profits ahead of passenger safety.

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