Delayed departure: The Tipline for 11 October 2023

Airlines are not often punctual, so why should their merger trials be? The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts has pushed back the Department of Justice’s preliminary injunction hearing against JetBlue/Spirit until 23 October to accommodate a criminal case. Also, in Tipline, Google seeks to keep testimony from the search monopolisation trial sealed while Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison fights for the right to defend the company in the ad tech case.