About Kathleen A. Mullen (LAW '99)

Of Counsel at Pepper Hamilton LLP
Of Counsel at Pepper Hamilton LLP

Lessons Learned from the Staples/Office Depot Merger Challenge

by
Kathleen Mullen

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently granted the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) motion to preliminarily enjoin the merger of Staples and Office Depot, the country’s two largest brick-and-mortar retailers and distributors of office supplies.[1] The injunction caused the companies to abandon the merger. Background Interestingly, the FTC’s theory was not based