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Aer Lingus’s request for interim measures rejected

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • European Union
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  • April 16 2008

The Court of First Instance (CFI) has rejected an injunction application by Aer Lingus requesting that Ryanair refrain from exercising its voting rights in the company pending the outcome of an action for annulment of the European Commission decision that refused to order Ryanair to divest its 29.4 shareholding following Ryanair’s blocked acquisition attempt

European Union makes progress in cleaning up airline ticketing websites

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
  • -
  • May 22 2009

The European Commission has said that the results of the European Union’s "health check" of airline ticket selling websites show that significant progress has been made towards bringing these websites into compliance with European consumer protection rules

Whether claimant demonstrated that correct choice of law was English law

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 30 2010

In the case of FR Lurssen Werft GmBh & Co V Halle 2010 All ER (D) 159 (Apr), the claimant was a German shipbuilding company

The economic downturn is it force majeure?

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 26 2010

Since "force majeure" is not a term of art, whether an event triggers a "force majeure" clause depends on the proper construction of the clause wording

The (Eyjafjalla)jokull be on you if you don't remember force majeure

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 30 2010

The extraordinarily wide-ranging implications of Mother Nature's latest escapade has left businesses reaching for their force majeure clauses as they struggle to deal with the aftermath left by the closure of significant parts of the world's air space earlier this month due to the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano

Commercial Court finds that economic downturn does not constitute force majeure

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 31 2010

In Tandrin Aviation Holdings Ltd v Aero Toy Store LLC 2010 EWHC 40 (Comm), Mr Justice Hamblen awarded summary judgment against a party who sought to argue that the stark change in market conditions triggered a force majeure clause

Critical early steps regarding ESI after receiving reasonable notice of litigation or an investigation

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2010

Class-action litigation is filed against an airplane manufacturer alleging that its engines are defective because they are unreasonably susceptible to stalling during flight

BAE Systems Plc announces global settlement with US and UK

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • February 16 2010

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the US Department of Justice (DoJ) have reached a global settlement with BAE Systems Plc (BAE Systems), after the company admitted to control failures in the way it ran its business globally

Delivery delays don’t support fraud claim

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2010

An aircraft seller's fraud claims against a manufacturer were dismissed after a federal court in Connecticut ruled that the seller did not reasonably rely on a "target" delivery date and caused its own injuries by entering restrictive resale contracts

Directors' use of corporate or charter aircraft to attend meetings

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • January 11 2011

This is the third in a series of client alerts focusing on practical solutions to deal with real-life issues facing General Counsel and Corporate Secretaries