Perspective
Nov. 17, 2015
When the FTC botches a deal review
If Democrats and Republicans can agree on anything, it's that we don't want government interference in the consumer market, as the FTC's intervention in the Albertsons-Safeway merger shows. By Tony Sarabia
Antonio R. Sarabia II
IP Business Law, Inc.
320 via Pasqual
Redondo Beach , California 90277
Email: asarabia2@gmail.com
While Democrats and Republicans may not agree on much, they do agree that we do not want the government interfering in the consumer market to lessen competition and hurt employees. Unfortunately, this is precisely what the Federal Trade Commission did when it intervened in the recent Albertsons and Safeway merger.
In January, the FTC trumpeted its impact on this merger in a press release explaining that, as a result of the FT...
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