On Tuesday, the federal government succeeded in doing something that it hasn't done, or even seriously tried to do, in decades: It persuaded a court to block one large supermarket chain from acquiring another.
The rulings offer the clearest proof yet that the new antitrust movement is breaking through. This merger... captured public attention in a way that few antitrust cases have.
Judges are people too, and they are aware of the debates about corporate power and competition that have been taking place over the past decade.
The Biden administration's push for a more skeptical view of corporate concentration is gaining traction in the courts—a crucial development, because judges play a pivotal role in interpreting the law.
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