Antitrust – Airline Merger Archives
Antitrust – Airline Merger

12/07/2013: Supreme Court justice denied application staying airline merger.

11/12/2013: American Airlines, US Airways settled DOJ antitrust suit.

08/13/2013: US antitrust officials challenged airline merger.

06/17/2013: Supreme Court ruled pay-to-delay settlements not immune from antitrust suits.

01/03/2013: FTC found that Google did not violate antitrust or anticompetition laws.

12/18/2012: DOJ settled in publisher price-fixing lawsuit.

THIS DAY @ LAW

"The Beatles" legally dissolved

On December 31, 1970, Paul McCartney filed suit in London to dissolve the Beatles' artistic and commercial partnership. Read a detailed legal analysis of Paul's case against John, George and Ringo.

West Virginia created

On December 31, 1862, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation, creating the State of West Virginia. The Bill split the western section of Virginia from the rest of the state, which had left the Union to join the Confederacy. However, West Virginia was not granted formal statehood until this legislation took effect on June 20, 1863 after a statewide referendum approved the measure. Read a history of the creation of West Virginia.