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    Merger Frenzy: Analyzing the Mad Dash Towards Airline Consolidation

    March 29, 2024By Jose Rodriguez-Lage

      On July 28, 2022, JetBlue Airways Corporation (“JetBlue”), the sixth largest airline in the United States, announced that it had executed a final merger agreement with Spirit Airlines, Inc. (“Spirit”), the seventh largest domestic carrier, pursuant to which JetBlue would pay $3.8 billion to acquire Spirit.[i]  Both airlines are low-cost carriers, with Spirit being […]

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    Let’s Get Ready to Rumble: The Battle Between Florida State University and the Atlantic Coastal Conference Over Their Grant of Rights Media Deal

    March 27, 2024By Devin Moore

      On December 22, 2023, Florida State University (“FSU”) took the first steps toward a lengthy process that will ultimately change the landscape of collegiate sports. On that Friday, FSU’s Board of Trustees voted to bring suit, in Florida, against the Atlantic Coastal Conference (“ACC”) over the grant of rights (“GOR”) media deal universities are […]

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    “It Takes All of Us”: Holding the NFL Legally Accountable for Their Discriminatory Conduct

    March 15, 2022By Carly Athanasatos

    “In certain critical ways, the NFL is racially segregated and is managed much like a plantation.”[i] Just weeks before the 54th Superbowl, former Miami Dolphins Coach, Brian Flores, filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, alleging the discriminatory hiring practices of the National Football League (“NFL”). Seventy […]

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