Aviation Law Prof Blog
A regularly-updated blawg featuring aviation law news and commentary.
Author: Brian F. Havel is a law professor and director of International Aviation Law Institute at DePaul University College of Law. Michael S. Jacobs is co-director of the International Aviation Law Institute at DePaul and Andrew Eastmond is the FedEx/United Airlines Resident Research Fellow at the International Aviation Law Institute at DePaul.
Blawg Related Categories: Aviation & Space Law • Law Professors • DePaul University • Law Professor
Recent Posts from Aviation Law Prof Blog
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A Global Blacklist for Unsafe Airlines?
A number of news sources, including the Financial Times and The Daily Telegraph, are reporting that European Commisioner for Transport Antonio Tajani is calling for a global blacklist of unsafe airlines following the crash of…
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WSJ on the DOJ's Opposition to Star
The July 2 edition of the Wall Street Journal has a brief, but acute, commentary on the Department of Justice's recent filing opposing any grant of broad antitrust immunity by the Department of Transportation for…
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Alliances and Antitrust Immunity: A Brief Reading List
In light of the recent news concerning the Justice Department's strong opposition to the expanded Star Alliance receiving broad approval and antitrust immunity, blog readers may be interested in consulting the following articles on airline…
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Emissions Trading and U.S. Aviation
Late last week the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, H.R. 2454, 111th Cong., by a narrow margin of 219 to 212. The Act mandates a 17%…
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The Economic Impact of Regulation
According to the business news website StreetInsider, airline stocks have been adversely impacted by the recent filing from the Department of Justice on the pending application for Continental Airlines to join the Star Alliance with…
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More on the DOJ/Star Alliance Fallout
Today's Wall Street Journal has a good story on the Department of Justice's opposition to Continental Airlines joining a Star Alliance fully immunized from U.S. antitrust law. A few points from the story worth considering:…
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DOJ Contra Star Alliance
When it was first discussed on the blog that the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division would, in the words of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, "have some input" into the pending final order for Continental…
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Economic Analysis of Hub Dominance
University of Virginia Economics Professors Federico Ciliberto and Jonathan W. Williams's working paper, Limited Access to Airport Facilities and Market Power in the Airline Industry (SSRN Working Paper Series, Feb. 12, 2009), may be of…
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DOJ to Offer Input on Star Alliance
According to several news outlets, see, e.g., CNN Money here; Chicago Daily Herald here; & Business Week here, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has "reached out to the Department of Transportation" to request that the…
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Remembering the CAB
With the publication of the U.S. Treasury Department's white paper, Financial Regulatory Reform: A New Foundation (July 17, 2009) (available online here), there should be little doubt that the Government is in a "reregulatory mood"…