June 15, 2018
American Airlines Inc. has agreed to pay $45 million to exit multidistrict litigation accusing the country's largest commercial airlines of violating the Sherman Act by colluding to limit the number of seats available on domestic flights and jacking up ticket prices, according to a request for preliminary approval of the settlement filed in D.C. federal court Friday.
February 12, 2018
A D.C. federal judge on Monday agreed to push back the discovery deadline in multidistrict antitrust litigation against Delta, United and American Airlines to early 2019, but warned that the court will not be inclined to grant further requests for delay in the yearslong suit.
January 02, 2018
Southwest Airlines has reached a $15 million settlement in a multidistrict litigation in which Southwest and three other major U.S. airlines are accused of conspiring to limit domestic flight capacity and inflate fares, a group of travelers who sued the airlines told a D.C. federal judge on Friday.
February 09, 2017
The D.C. federal court Thursday appointed a retired judge as special master to oversee discovery in multidistrict litigation alleging American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Delta and United colluded to limit domestic flight capacity and hike prices.
January 26, 2017
American Airlines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co. and others pressed a D.C. federal judge Thursday to limit discovery in a putative class action over alleged price-fixing to documents related to class certification, saying the travelers should have to wait before requesting internal airline records to support their claims.
January 02, 2017
Railroads’ appellate challenge to the Surface Transportation Board’s new on-time performance rule and worker misclassification suits targeting commercial truckers, delivery giants and ride-hailing companies are among the court battles transportation lawyers will keep a close eye on in 2017. Here's a breakdown of some of the high-profile cases they will be tracking closely.
October 28, 2016
A D.C. federal judge refused to nix multidistrict litigation accusing airlines of scheming to fix prices, finding Friday that the travelers bringing suit had sufficiently alleged the times, places and people involved in the conspiracy to keep their claims alive.
July 21, 2016
Airlines named in multidistrict litigation alleging a price-fixing conspiracy have pushed back against air travelers' reply to their dismissal bid, saying Thursday the travelers' claims are "devoid of basic facts" about a purported scheme to reduce flight capacity in order to raise prices.
June 28, 2016
Air travelers and ticket purchasers told a D.C. federal judge Monday they've backed up their claims in multidistrict litigation that American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Delta and United colluded to limit domestic flight capacity and hike prices, insisting they have enough to support a plausible price-fixing conspiracy.
May 12, 2016
A group of airlines urged a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to throw out a price-fixing multidistrict litigation against them, saying the air travelers who brought the suits hadn't come close to proving or even alleging a conspiracy to fix prices.