Law’s Anat Alon-Beck discusses effects of increasing legal challenges following the aftermath of Kroger’s challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s in-house adjudication process

How the Kroger merger could further erode the administrative state

Washington ExaminerAnat Alon-Beck, assistant professor at the School of Law, emphasized that regulatory agencies may need to “revamp their guidelines on antitrust” due to increasing legal challenges in the aftermath of Kroger’s challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s in-house adjudication process. The grocery store giant is trying to move its $24.6 billion merger with Albertsons—which was denied—into federal court.