$24.6B Kroger-Albertsons Merger Blocked By 2 Judges

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Law360 (December 10, 2024, 4:10 PM EST) -- Kroger's planned $24.6 billion purchase of Albertsons suffered double whammy blows Tuesday, first from an Oregon federal judge who temporarily blocked the deal in a Federal Trade Commission challenge, and then from a Washington state judge who sided with the state's attorney general and issued a permanent, national block.