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Taxpayer wins case on application of California property tax to aircraft

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 20 2008

In Auerbach v. Assessment Appeals Board No. 2 for the County of Los Angeles, the California Court of Appeal upheld the finding of the Superior Court in favor of the taxpayer in a case that addressed the correct value on which property tax should be imposed for a private airplane

FAA proposes to change pilot training requirements

  • Lane Powell PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 3 2009

On Monday, August 31, the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") issued a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM"), proposing to modify numerous pilot training requirements and pilot school certification rules

Seventh Circuit holds that bankruptcy court improperly reduced oversecured lenders’ claim

  • Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2009

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held on May 5, 2009, that a group of secured lenders were fully secured and “entitled to a full recovery” from the debtor despite the bankruptcy court’s improper valuation of the collateral (improved airport terminal space) securing the lenders’ underlying $60 million loan

Aircraft use reimbursements and charges: understanding the regulatory requirements (FAA, IRS & SEC)

  • Vedder Price PC
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 27 2009

This article provides an analysis of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations regarding charges and reimbursements for noncommercial or private business aircraft use

Collective settlement for fuel surcharge price-fixing reached

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • March 12 2008

Details have been announced of British Airways’ (BA) and Virgin Atlantic’s (Virgin) settlement of a multimillion US dollar class action brought in the US courts

Joint EU-US research project on airline alliances

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • March 21 2008

Following the conclusion of the EU-US Air Transport Agreement in 2007, the European Commission and the US Department of Transportation have launched a joint research project on airline alliances

Bill to ban in-flight cell phone use introduced in House

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 18 2008

On the heels of the European Commission’s (EC’s) decision last week to approve the use of mobile phones in flight, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers took steps to avert a similar scenario in the U.S. with the introduction of legislation Tuesday that would ban the use of cell phones on board U.S. airliners

Aviation terminology

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2008

If there is a dictionary definition, it is the inspection that a buyer undertakes in advance of and in consideration of a purchase

House adopts prohibition against cell phone use on airplanes

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 29 2009

Notwithstanding recent calls by wireless and other advocacy groups for a comprehensive study of in-flight cell phone use, House members voted late last week in favor of legislation that would ban the use of wireless phones on aircraft for the purpose of placing or receiving voice calls

Study shows US share of international satellite manufacturing market is slipping

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 17 2007

Although demand for commercial satellite services is growing worldwide, U.S. satellite manufacturers are expected to come away with a smaller bite of that apple according to the latest study of the global satellite sector released by Forecast International (FI