From the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance — an excerpt: Not to suggest that they are making up their mind before hearing the evidence, but the House Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust may be suggesting their conclusion by titling the June 12 hearing “Climate Control: Decarbonization Collusion in Environmental,…
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Private equity firms tried to shoplift $4 billion from Albertsons before selling it to Kroger, until a judge stopped them — for now
In Slate, Moe Tkackik has an excellent analysis if the proposed Albertsons/Kroger merger, what he calls our “cash-extractive economy.” A judge has paused the deal, which would divert $4 billion from the companies to the private equity partners, [T]he current norm [is] that views every realm of commercial activity as first and foremost a vehicle…