Corporate & Securities Law

A Suggestion for Congestion
Readers of the blog may be interested to read Michael E. Levine's recently published analysis of alleviating airport congestion through slot auctions, Airport Congestion: When Theory Meets Reality, 8 Yale J...

Airlines likely to increase fares due to congestion fees
Last week I posted on WalletPop about a proposed “congestion fee” that airlines would have to pay at airports. Right now they pay a landing fee based upon the weight of the plane...

New GAO Reports: Freight Congestion, DHS Programs Oversight, Health Information Technology
Approaches to Mitigate Freight Congestion, GAO-09-163R, November 20, 2008 Department of Homeland Security: Billions Invested in Major Programs Lack Appropriate...

Congestion At JFK and Other News
Congestion Problems At JFK Similar to recent problems at New York-LaGuardia and Chicago-O'Hare, there were two articles this past week in the New York Times and USA Today discussing the congestion issues that have arisen at JFK following the expiration...

CBO: Using Pricing to Reduce Traffic Congestion
Using Pricing to Reduce Traffic Congestion, March 2009 "Congestion costs highway users billions of dollars every year. Although policymakers have...

Bell's Congestion "Problem"
Bell files its congestion data as demanded by the CRTC.  The data suggests no congestion problems for at least 95 percent of the network in Ontario and Quebec.

STUDY: Cox Communications Also Throttling BitTorrent
Even interferes with BitTorrent traffic during mornings and weekends that are not usually "peak congestion" hours, meaning is probably more about permanently reclaiming bandwidth than simple network traffic management...

Auctioning Airport Access
Anyone who has flown into a New York airport knows that getting stuck in a traffic jam is not just a problem for ground transportation. Moreover, the ripple effects of New York delays make them a national concern...

Airport/ATC Infrastructure In the News
Global Strains On Airport/ATC Infrastructure The recent crash of a TAM Airbus A-320 at Sao Paulo's close-in Congonhas airport has put the spotlight on the rapid growth of air travel in Brazil and the failure of airport/ATC infrastructure to keep...

Airport Security
Jackson County pays former employee $200,000 whistleblower settlement.

Search Engine Optimization Claims
Web based company pays over $150,000 settlement in Internet lawsuit.

Repossessed car wins $700,000 Settlement
A class action lawsuit that was brought against Virginia Beach-based Tidewater Finance Co., alleging that the company had questionable repossession practices, has been settled.

MRI Health Risks
alleging gadolinium based contrast agents pose health risks.

Petroleum Mishaps
BP settles $9.75 million mis-management suit.

Sunwest Management Inc.
allegedly misled residents about staff and daily care.