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Are they finally getting serious
The Wall Street Journal ($) reported yesterday afternoon that Houston-based Continental Airlines seemingly perpetual merger negotiations (see also here) with Chicago-based United Airlines are accelerating for a variety of reasons...

DLA Piper Talks Merger with Fasken
According to an article in legalweek.com DLA Piper, the Anglo-American giant law firm, has held talks with Fasken Martineau about a potential link between or merger of the firms. DLA Piper has more than 3,700 lawyers in offices in 38 countries, but has no office in Canada...

CME, Nymex in Merger Talks
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the world's largest market for derivatives trading, and the New York Mercantile Exchange, a leader in energy and metals trading, are in talks about a $11 billion merger...

Conited Airlines, finally
The NY Times is reporting that the on-again, off-again merger negotiations between Houston-based Continental Airlines and Chicago-based United Airlines are coming to a conclusion and that a definitive merger deal is likely to be announced by the end of next...

Creating Stability in the Airline Industry through Merger
I. Introduction In the mid-1980s the airline industry experienced merger mania. Delta bought up Western. [1] Pan Am merged with National [2]. Texas International and New York Air merged with Continental and People Express...

Two Sides to the Anderson Kill, Reed Smith Merger Talks
Earlier today we reported that merger talks between Anderson Kill and Reed Smith had broken down, but that several dozen lawyers were leaving Anderson to join Reed Smith. Law Blog colleague Amir Efrati spent a good part of today tracking down the story behind the story...

Merger Agreement Rejected
Finish Line and Genesco reach $175 million settlement in merger dispute.

Continental Carbon
Settles with Landowners in Pollution Suit

Continental Crash
Flight 1404 Crash Probed by FAA