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• Air Travel May Soon Be Easier for Passengers Requiring Portable Respiration Devices, But at What Price to the Airlines? ( January 2006 )
  William L. Maynard and Andrew B. McGill of Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P.

  Many major carriers today do not provide respiratory services, which means people suffering from respiratory disabilities such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, sarcoidosis, and other lung diseases are effectively proscribed from flying with those carriers. The carriers that provide services do so at greatly varying cost to the passenger (anywhere between $0 and $1500 per flight), at varying oxygen flow-rate capabilities, and at varying requirements of notice of intent to use oxygen services (anywhere between 48 hours and one month).

• Airlines Face Changes if Air Carrier Access Act Amended ( January 2006 )
  William L. Maynard and Andrew B. McGill of Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P.

  On Sept. 7, 2005 the Department of Transportation issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to invite comments from the airline industry regarding an amendment to the Air Carrier Access Act of 1986. The amendment, if passed as proposed, will affect passengers with respiratory disabilities and their use of medical oxygen and portable respiration assistive devices onboard commercial airlines.

• New York Appellate Court Resolves Open Question Left By The U.S. Supreme Court's Floyd Opinion ( March 2004 )
  Nixon Peabody LLP

  In the recent decision of <i>Ehrlich v. American Airlines</i>, 02-9462, the court held that under the Warsaw Convention, a passenger can recover for mental injuries <i>only if</i> they flow from and are caused by bodily injuries. Notwithstanding this shift in treaty focus to protect consumers/passengers, the <i>Ehrlich</i> decision would appear to indicate that there remains a strict recovery limitation, just as it existed under the Warsaw Convention in 1929.

• Climate Change: Assessing Our Actions ( October 2000 )
  Overseas Private Investment Corporation

  Provides international investment agencies and investors with the baseline data about carbon dioxide emissions they need to undertake economic development that protects the environment and the global climate.

• FAQ: International Law ( July 2000 )
  Gatti & Associates

  What is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)? What is the Anti-boycott Act? What is the U.N. Convention on .

• What a Consular Officer Is Authorized to Do As Opposed To What He Can Do with Impunity ( May 2000 )
  Carlsmith Ball LLP

  Despite (or perhaps because of) its long gestation period, the Vienna Convention on Consular Immunity (the "Vienna .

• Passengers with Disabilities ( March 1999 )
  U.S. Department of Transportation

  Summary from the Department of Transportation of the main points of the Air Carrier Access Act which prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicap in air travel and requires air carriers to accommodate the needs of passengers with disabilities.