Why Southwest Now Uses Assigned Seating and How It Works

As of January 27, 2026, Southwest Airlines no longer has an open seating policy. Here's how Southwest now boards its aircraft and why it chose to go this route.

What travelers can expect as Southwest Airlines introduces assigned seats

Southwest Airlines passengers are making their final boarding-time scrambles for seats as the carrier prepares to end its ...
Yahoo Finance

Understanding How Assignments of Mortgage Work

The bank or other mortgage lender that provides a borrower with the funds to purchase a home often later transfers or assigns its interest in the mortgage to another firm. When this happens, the ...
JD Supra

Requirements for Assigning and Transferring Government Leases

When selling a multitenant property, it is common for sellers and purchasers to enter into a basic assignment and assumption agreement to assign the seller’s interest, as landlord, in all of the ...
JD Supra

MERS Has Power To Assign Interest in Deed of Trust, Borrower Can Challenge Assignment of Mortgage, First Circuit Rules

Under Massachusetts law, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., or MERS, has the power, as nominee beneficiary, to assign its interest under a deed of trust, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...
National Basketball Association

All-Time NBA Assignments

NBA teams can assign players with less than three years of service to their NBA G League affiliates an unlimited number of times throughout the season. The NBA team maintains the assigned player’s ...