“Unless the proceeding is enjoined, Kroger will suffer an immediate constitutional injury by being subjected to an illegitimate proceeding,” Kroger says in the newly filed complaint.
August 20, 2024 at 07:58 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Corporate Counsel
Kroger on Monday sued the Federal Trade Commission, alleging that the in-house administrative process it chose to hear its antitrust case seeking to block the grocery giant’s $24.6 billion merger with Albertsons is unconstitutional.
Kroger’s 12-page suit, filed in federal court in the grocer’s hometown of Cincinnati, opens a new front in the company’s quest to overcome FTC opposition and finally close the deal, which the companies announced in October 2022.
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