Kroger and Albertsons announced a plan on Friday to divest stores in a $1.9 billion deal designed to facilitate a $24.6 billion merger that has raised antitrust concerns from parties such as the Federal Trade Commission, a group of seven secretaries of state, and a union that represents employees of both chains.
A Florida federal judge is refusing to pause an antitrust lawsuit by trading card company Panini against rival Fanatics while deciding whether to transfer the suit to New York federal court, saying that proceeding would not place an undue burden on Fanatics or force it to duplicate its work.
Retired NFL player Michael Oher, whose story was told in the Oscar-nominated movie "The Blind Side," said Monday in a petition in Tennessee court that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who took Oher into their home as a high school student, lied about adopting him and tricked him into a conservatorship to enrich themselves.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on Friday denied authorization for ANZ Banking Group to take over Brisbane-based Suncorp Group's banking arm, saying the proposed merger would substantially lessen competition, affecting consumers of a range of banking products in the state of Queensland.
Craig Jennings Lavoie has attained a number of big victories for major clients, including winning a liability finding and securing a $15 million jury verdict on behalf of Vanessa Bryant, wife of basketball star Kobe Bryant, earning him a place among the sports practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360's Rising Stars.