U.S. Judge Rules in Favor of Sabre-Farelogix Acquisition Over Justice Department’s Antitrust Objections
Photo Credit: Sabre President and CEO Sean Menke attends a company customer event in 2018. Menke had pushed hard for the acquisition of Farelogix to go through. Sabre
Skift Take
Sabre and Farelogix paid $20 million in lawyers' fees in 2019 to respond to U.S. government reviews of their proposed merger and to defend against antitrust proceedings. Is there an antitrust case to be had against Big Law?
Sabre successfully defended its acquisition of Farelogix from an antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice, a Delaware federal court ruled on Tuesday night. The U.S. government failed to prove that the travel technology giant's $360 million purchase of Farelogix would substantially lessen competition for booking services for airline tickets sold through traditional travel agencies in the U.S.
Sabre's attorneys had asked U.S. District Chief Judge Leonard Stark to offer his decision this week to influence a decision from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority that is due at the end of this week on the same merger. Sabre's lawyers
