January 02, 2023
Food and beverage attorneys are sure to have their hands full in 2023 litigating issues surrounding Kroger's massive $25 billion deal to buy Albertsons, claims that a California animal care law harms farmers, and a wine-soaked divorce spat between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
November 01, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice urged the Third Circuit on Tuesday to revive its challenge of U.S. Sugar Corp.'s $350 million merger with Georgia-based refiner rival Imperial Sugar Co., arguing a district judge legally erred in holding that the government failed to identify a relevant market and wrongly assumed regulations could offset any anti-competitive impacts.
September 30, 2022
The Third Circuit on Friday refused to grant the U.S. Department of Justice's request for an order pausing U.S. Sugar Corp.'s planned purchase of Imperial Sugar while enforcers appeal the trial court's rejection of their merger challenge.
September 29, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice asked the Third Circuit on Thursday to pause the planned tie-up of U.S. Sugar Corp. and Imperial Sugar while the agency appeals the trial court's rejection of its merger challenge, saying the companies refuse to delay the deal, even temporarily.
September 28, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice's recent bid to delay a merger between two major sugar companies was shot down Wednesday by a Delaware federal judge who found allowing the deal to move forward would not cause any irreparable harm and would be in the public's best interest.
September 27, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a Delaware federal court for an emergency order preventing U.S. Sugar Corp. from completing its $315 million acquisition of Imperial Sugar while enforcers appeal their rejected merger challenge to the Third Circuit.
September 23, 2022
A Delaware federal judge on Friday refused to block U.S. Sugar Corp.'s $315 million acquisition of Imperial Sugar, rejecting a merger challenge from the U.S. Department of Justice over concerns about the supply of refined sugar in the Southeast.
April 21, 2022
A Delaware federal judge pressed U.S. Department of Justice attorneys Thursday on the strength of some arguments in their antitrust challenge to U.S. Sugar Corp.'s acquisition of Imperial Sugar, observing that alleged industry coordination flagged by the agency appeared not uncommon.
February 07, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice has urged a Delaware federal judge not to force the agency to hand over U.S. Department of Agriculture communications to U.S. Sugar Corp., arguing the material is privileged and the company can get the information elsewhere to defend its planned $315 million purchase of Imperial Sugar.
February 03, 2022
U.S. Sugar Corp. asked a Delaware federal judge Thursday to force the U.S. Department of Justice to turn over U.S. Department of Agriculture materials the company thinks could be "critical" to defending against a merger challenge contesting its planned $315 million purchase of Imperial Sugar.