Kroger, Albertsons Agree To Delay $25B Merger Closing

By Thy Vo

Kroger Co. and Albertsons said Thursday they agreed to delay closing on their $25 billion merger until after a judge rules on the merits of Colorado regulators' antitrust case, allowing the companies to avoid a two-week hearing next month.

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4 Banks Ordered To Comply With UK Retail Competition Rules

By Najiyya Budaly

HSBC, Lloyds, TSB and Allied Irish Banks have broken rules designed to help customers find the best deals, Britain's antitrust authority said Thursday, adding that it has ordered the lenders to comply with competition regulation. 

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Google Wants To Keep 'Monopolistic Status Quo,' Epic Says

By Bryan Koenig

Epic Games assailed Google on Wednesday for overcomplicating and overpricing changes to the Play Store required by the gaming giant's antitrust jury win, arguing that what Google says are needed security and maintenance protocols are just the latest effort to relitigate the case and "weaken the remedy."

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Brief

4th Circ. Vacates FTC Loss After Novant Bows Out Of Merger

By Hayley Fowler

The Fourth Circuit has agreed to vacate a North Carolina federal judge's ruling allowing Novant Health's planned $320 million hospital merger to advance after the Federal Trade Commission secured an emergency injunction on appeal that effectively killed the deal.

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Bally's OKs Standard General's Takeover Valuing It At $4.6B

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Bally's Corp. announced on Thursday its plans to merge with Standard General-owned The Queen Casino & Entertainment Inc., a regional casino operator, in a deal that values Bally's at $4.6 billion and was crafted by five law firms.

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AIP Buys AGCO's Grain & Protein Biz In $700M Cash Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Agricultural machinery company AGCO Corp., advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Thursday announced plans to sell the majority of its grain and protein business to industrial investor American Industrial Partners, led by Sidley Austin LLP, in an all-cash deal valued at $700 million.

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Deals Rumor Mill: Wiz-Google, Daily Telegraph, Medline IPO

By Tom Zanki

Cybersecurity startup Wiz has rebuffed a buyout offer from Google, former British finance minister Nadhim Zahawi is preparing a $773 million bid for the Daily Telegraph, and medical supplies giant Medline is preparing an initial public offering for 2025. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the past week.

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Dems' Bill Looks To Prevent Collusion With OPEC

By Courtney Bublé

A pair of Democrats in the House and Senate on environmental committees introduced a bill Wednesday to punish fossil fuel companies that collude with OPEC to increase prices.

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Plaintiffs Can't Expand Beef Price Fixing Suit, Court Told

By Jared Foretek

Beef producers defending against antitrust claims are telling a Minnesota federal judge that a proposed class of ranchers are too late to take their newest proposed complaint to court, arguing that the case should be permanently tossed after two failed attempts to get past the pleading stage.

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Tobacco Products Co. Hits Wash. Pot Business With TM Suit

By Ivan Moreno

Wholesaler BBK Tobacco & Foods LLP has hit a Washington state cannabis company with a complaint in Arizona federal court that alleges it is infringing the "Juicy" trademark BBK uses for a variety of smoking and smoking-related products.

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BREAKING: Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO Gets 5 Years For Theft

By Carla Baranauckas

McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former chief financial officer was sentenced Friday in a New Jersey state court to five years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for embezzling more than $1.5 million from the firm and failing to pay income tax.

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Analysis

How Barrett Became The High Court's Justice To Watch

By Katie Buehler

Justice Amy Coney Barrett has revealed a unique trifecta of caution toward overly broad opinions, devotion to the factual record and concern for the practical effects of court rulings that separates her from the other right-leaning justices and contains the potential to broker more moderate rulings in future terms.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen U.K. band The 1975 face action by Future Sound Asia after its performance in Malaysia resulted in a festival's cancelation, Spectrum Insurance hit by The Motoring Organization following their dispute over information misuse, and a former police constable pursue defamation against a colleague for allegedly instigating a campaign of harassment against her. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Roundup

After Chevron

In the month since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron deference standard, this Expert Analysis series has featured attorneys discussing the potential impact across 26 different rulemaking and litigation areas.

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