Labor & Employment Law

The Merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines: An Antitrust White Paper
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The American Antitrust Institute has just released a white paper in opposition to the Delta/Northwestern merger titled The Merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines: An Antitrust White Paper...

Ripples of the Delta-Northwest deal
The merger agreement between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines (they were meant for each other) announced yesterday not only would create the world’s largest carrier if approved, but it has renewed talk (see this W$J article, too) in...

More Mergers
Yesterday?s big announcement of a Delta/Northwest Airlines merger has already sparked industry observers to start speculating that more will be on the horizon. According to a piece in today?s New York Times, yesterday?s announced merger ?is likely to spur other...

Another Large Airline Merger
On Monday, Delta Air Lines reached an agreement to take over Northwest Airlines. Delta said the combined airline will have an enterprise value of $17.7 billion and over $30 billion in revenue placing it ahead of Fort Worth, Texas-based American...

Delta Makes Woman With Muscular Dystrophy Crawl Off Plane
Please please please Sun Country expand your service so I don’t have to fly Delta when they take over Northwest’s routes in Minneapolis. Delta Makes Woman With Muscular Dystrophy Crawl Off Plane | Consumerist

As if the Delta smelt wasn't enough... Chinook collapse in Sacramento Delta
For Californians wrestling with how to manage the needs of the Delta smelt and the need for regional water deliveries, (see ESAblawg, Dec.14, 2007) the difficulties in the Sacramento Delta keep getting worse...

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

Sprouters Northwest
Recalls Alfalfa Sprout Products for Possible Salmonellosis

Tax Discrepancies
Northwest Airlines pays IRS $12.6 million settlement for taxes and interest.

Delta and Pine Land Co.
$300,000 settlement in SEC norms violation lawsuit.

Air Line Bankruptcy
BCI Aircraft Leasing agrees to pay $600,000 settlement related to Delta Air Lines bankruptcy claims.