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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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    No Way AA: Analyzing Antitrust Laws in the Aviation Sector

    November 17, 2023By Jose Rodriguez-Lage

      In early 2021, American Airlines Group Inc. (“American Airlines”) and JetBlue Airways Corporation (“JetBlue”) launched a strategic partnership known as the Northeast Alliance (the “Alliance”).  Under the Alliance, “the airlines coordinated their schedules, swapped slots and gates, and had frequent flyer reciprocity” on flights to and from Boston, New York City, and Newark.[i]  The […]

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    “Fair or Foul” Labor Laws?

    October 28, 2022By Michael Del Duca

    One of the biggest opportunities for minor league baseball players to further their career is through Spring Training. Spring Training is where minor leaguers compete with and against major league baseball players during the month of March. While the chance to prove themselves at the highest level of the sport is attractive, the pay received […]

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