antitrust

Jul 24th

Antitrust group urges FTC to look closely at proposed Staples/Office Depot merger

The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) today issued a white paper titled The Proposed Merger of Staples and Office Depot: Lessons from History and New Competitive Concerns. The paper urges the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to carefully scrutinize the competitive impact of the proposed Staples/Office Depot merger. “This is a watershed deal for antitrust,” said AAI […]

Jul 4th

USPS Protected From Antitrust Claims In Label Lawsuit due to 2006 Postal Reform Law

From Law 360 (July 27, 2012) Two private U.S. Postal Service operators filed a class action accusing the postal system of violating antitrust laws by forcing them to buy labels only from government contractor Innovations Group Inc. According to TOG Inc. and Wild Harvest LLC, so-called contract postal units that provide USPS services from private […]