In a recent legal development, United Airlines achieved a notable legal victory when a “greenwashing” putative class-action lawsuit against the airline was dismissed by a Maryland federal court. The case, Zajac v. United Airlines, Inc., centered on allegations of misleading environmental claims related to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), among other claims, and could have raised
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Distressed JOLCOs: lessons learnt from recent High Court case
By Andrew Harper on
The High Court has provided a judgment affirming that a hedge fund which acquired positions in certain tax lease structures is entitled to its claim against Vietnamese airline, Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company (“VietJet”), although the exact substance of that relief has yet to be determined.
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Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation gets off the ground
By Jody Wood, Adam Longney & Suhani Mangal on
Introduction
There is much buzz around the launch of the Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation (the ‘HCAA’), a new industry focussed arbitral regime, in Rotterdam. However, it remains to be seen whether the hype is justified and whether the HCAA will gain traction within the aerospace industry and, in particular, with industry participants.
In this alert, we take a closer look at the administration of the HCAA by the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (the ‘NAI’), the model clause and, of course, the proposed rules (the ‘Rules’).Continue Reading Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation gets off the ground