Welcome to the end-of-summer issue of Commercial Roundup–a collection of the most important appellate decisions for commercial litigators and trial lawyers by the U.S. Supreme Court, the 13 U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the highest courts in Delaware, New York, and Texas.
Welcome to summer 2024’s first edition of Commercial Roundup.
Commercial Roundup has some catching up to do this week. See the jumbo installment below.
Welcome to The Contingency‘s Commercial Roundup for February 21. We have a ton of cases to catch up on, so let’s get right to it.
On January 17, 2024, a judicial appointee of a President whose administration sharply curtailed antitrust enforcement* blocked a $3.8 billion attempt by JetBlue to merge its way into making the Big Four U.S. airlines (American, Delta, United, and Southwest) into the Big Five (with JetBlue as
Welcome to the first Commercial Roundup in 2024–and Happy New Year.
Welcome to Commercial Roundup!
This issue notes an Epic antitrust win against Google, comments by yours truly on the likelihood of an Antitrust Division challenge to a $1.8 billion merger between Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian, Susman Godfrey’s National Boutique of the Year award, and tips on themes for your next jury trial. And, oh
U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Sung made the comment December 6 during oral argument in the Federal Trade Commission’s ongoing effort to block Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, the biggest U.S. maker of video games. (Hat tip to Josh Sisco at Politico Pro.) The FTC claimed that the merger threatened to substantially reduce competition
The $1.9 billion deal Alaska Airlines signed with Hawaiian Airlines on December 3 would enable the competitors to collaborate on the 12 routes they both fly between the Aloha State and cities on the U.S. West Coast–a small part of their overall networks. Does that mean the Antitrust Division will challenge the deal?
Probably.
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