SAN FRANCISCO - A woman's allegation that the continued reporting of a bankruptcy-discharged debt as delinquent prevented her from obtaining necessary services satisfactorily pleads her credit-reporting and California unfair competition law (UCL) Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 , claims,...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A poultry company that acquired certain assets of the bankrupt Zacky Farms Inc. on Nov. 20 filed an adversary complaint in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California alleging that Zacky Farms breached its contract and engaged in unfair competition (Foster Poultry...
NEW YORK - A group of airline customers on Aug. 6 filed an adversary complaint against bankrupt AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines Inc., in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that the proposed $11 billion merger of American Airlines and US Airways...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Justice on Aug. 13 filed a lawsuit against US Airways Group Inc. and AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines Inc., seeking a full injunction to prevent the proposed merger of the two airlines on grounds that it violates federal antitrust law and that...
NEW YORK - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Aug. 27 filed a brief and a proposed scheduling order in its antitrust lawsuit seeking to prevent the planned merger of American Airlines Inc. and US Airways Inc., arguing that "given what is at stake," the district court hearing the case should...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bankrupt AMR Corp. on Sept. 10 filed its answer to the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, arguing that its proposed merger with US Airways Group Inc. does not violate federal antitrust laws and contending that the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Transport Workers Union (TWU) on Oct. 7 moved in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for permission to intervene in the antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against bankrupt American Airlines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. (United States...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The special master appointed to handle discovery requests in the antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against US Airways Group Inc., and bankrupt American Airlines Inc. on Oct. 10 issued a report saying that the airlines should not be permitted to compel...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The special master overseeing discovery in the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) action seeking an injunction to prevent the proposed merger of American Airlines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. recommended Oct. 10 that certain discovery requests be denied (United States of America...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines Inc. on Oct. 17 filed a joint proposed procedural order for the upcoming antitrust trial on the DOJ's claims that the proposed merger of the two airlines violates federal law. The proposed...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Six chambers of commerce on Oct. 29 moved in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for permission to file amicus curiae briefs in the antitrust lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines Inc. related to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The class suing US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Nov. 4 moved for permission to intervene in the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit against the airlines by filing an amicus curiae brief...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Nov. 12 proposed a final judgment with US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines Inc. under which the DOJ would drop its merger antitrust lawsuit against the airlines if they divest slots and gates at key constrained airports across the country...
NEW YORK - The federal bankruptcy judge presiding over the Chapter 11 case of AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines Inc., on Nov. 27 approved a settlement between American Airlines and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that will allow the airline to merge with US Airways Inc. and emerge...
NEW YORK - The class action plaintiffs that sued bankrupt AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines, on Dec. 4 filed a brief in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York arguing that the Bankruptcy Court should stay its decision approving the merger of American Airlines...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Dec. 8 denied an emergency application by individual airline customers seeking to prevent the merger of bankrupt American Airlines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. The customers had argued that the merger violates federal antitrust laws...
NEW YORK - The class plaintiffs who opposed the merger of bankrupt American Airlines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. by filing an adversary complaint in the bankruptcy of American Airlines' parent company, AMR Corp., on Dec. 19 filed a designation of appeal contending that evidence presented in the...