Airline Industry Legal Alert: NMB Announces Public Hearing on Proposed Rule Implementing RLA Amendments Which May Eliminate... by Ford & Harrison LLP on 5/23/2012 Executive Summary: On May 22, the National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that it will hold a public hearing on June 19, 2012, and invited interested persons to share their views on its proposed rule changes relating to the...more
Jams Dispute Resolution -- Spring 2012 by JAMS, The Resolution Experts on 5/1/2012 In This Issue: IN DEPTH -- Growing Trend of Third-Party Litigation Funding Creates Mixed Opinions; ADR CONVERSATIONS -- JAMS Panelists Receive Prestigious ADR Award; ADR NEWS & CASE UPDATES; DOMESTIC FOCUS -- Good Faith...more
Legal Alert: FAA Reauthorization Act Amends RLA Election Procedures by Ford & Harrison LLP on 2/15/2012 Executive Summary: On February 14, 2012, President Obama signed the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act (the "Act") into law. The last long-term FAA funding act expired in September 2007. In addition to the...more
Trade & Manufacturing Alert - January 2012 by King & Spalding on 1/4/2012 In This Issue: 01 WTO Approves Terms Of Accession For Russia 02 Second Annual Conference On The Renaissance Of American Manufacturing-- Jobs, Trade And The Presidential Election, March 27, 2012 02 Federal...more
RECOGNITION OF PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD: A CLARIFICATION OF THE INTERESTS OF THE CONCERNED PARTIES by Aitza Haddad on 10/1/2011 This paper reviews the history of the claims to statehood and sovereignty of the Palestinian people, from the period of the League of Nations mandate to the current move to secure UN approval of a Palestinian State. The...more
Energy Newsletter - September 2011 by King & Spalding on 9/1/2011 In This Issue REGULATORY FERC - Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation Under FERC Order No. 1000 Amended regulations ensuring efficient and cost-effective investment decisions are necessary because...more
The Hacienda Luisita Corporate Give-Away http://y.ahoo.it/wIxM92 by Rey Cartojano on 7/10/2011 The Hacienda Luisita Corporate Give-Away http://y.ahoo.it/wIxM92 Atty. Elpidio V. Peria The Hacienda Luisita Corporate Give-Away: How The Supreme Court Tried to Dispense Social Justice While Condemning Landless Farmers to...more
Lloyd Msipa's pubic profile by Lloyd Msipa on 8/17/2010 Lloyd Msipa is a Zimbabwean Lawyer and aspiring Zimbabwean Politician. He was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. His father was a ZAPU politician in Zimbabwe who died weeks before the merge between ZAPU PF and ZANU PF in December...more
Negotiations Between Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay: Energy Competition in South America as an Opportunity for Cooperation by Rodrigo Marcussi Fiatikoski on 5/26/2010 The present research examines how Brazilian diplomacy has acted in cases involving conflicts over natural resources in South American countries, highlighting trends of regional integration and changes in the political...more
Texas Homebuilder Bob Perry Ordered to Pay $51 Million for Defective House by Robert Kraft on 3/3/2010 A Tarrant County jury this week has delivered a devastating blow to homebuilder Bob Perry by awarding $51 million to a couple who sued Perry because of their defective house. The back-story to this case is quite lengthy, but...more
Airline Legal Alert: NMB Maintains Prohibition Against Use of "Hyperlinks" To Voting Website by Ford & Harrison LLP on 12/3/2009 As reported in a previous Alert, in July 2009 the National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that it was soliciting comments on whether it should permit the use of electronic "hyperlinks" to the website where employees may cast...more
Airline Legal Alert: NMB Rules Under Union Siege by Ford & Harrison LLP on 10/5/2009 In a blatant effort to take advantage of a change in the membership of the National Mediation Board (NMB), unions have petitioned the NMB to alter its longstanding procedures on how representation elections are...more
Airline Management Newsletter - August 20, 2009 by Ford & Harrison LLP on 8/20/2009 IN THIS ISSUE: *Ford & Harrison Partner and F&H Solutions Group President to Serve as Advisors to Dunlop II Committee *Court finds USAPA Breached Duty of Fair Representation to Former America West Pilots *Fiduciaries...more
EFCA Deal May Clear Way for Action in September by Duane Morris LLP on 7/20/2009 Efforts to pass the Employee Free Choice Act ("EFCA") have been stalled while Senate Democrats work to obtain the necessary 60 votes for cloture and bring the matter to the Senate floor. The proposed law would amend the...more
The Paradox of Nuclear War Avoidance under Social Contract and Game Theories by Charla Lenz on 5/2/2008 In the wake of globalization, talks of a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty give the world hope that a new era of stabilization is dawning. The citizens of the world are becoming increasingly interested in building a stable...more