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Comment: ​US judge in Tempur Sealy-Mattress Firm case has antitrust background that may inform his outlook

By Ben Brody and Ilana Kowarski ( August 8, 2024, 18:53 GMT | Comment) -- When the US Federal Trade Commission sued to block Tempur Sealy’s acquisition of Mattress Firm in US court in southern Texas, the agency couldn't have known that its case would land on the docket of an economics-savvy judge who handled some antitrust cases during a quarter century in private practice — let alone a former business litigator who once deposed Microsoft executives during a high-profile private monopolization lawsuit. In Houston-based District Judge Charles Eskridge III, however, that’s exactly what the FTC got.When the US Federal Trade Commission sued to block Tempur Sealy’s acquisition of Mattress Firm in US court in southern Texas, the agency couldn't have known its case would land on the docket of an economics-savvy judge who handled some antitrust cases during a quarter century in private practice — let alone a former business litigator who once deposed Microsoft executives during a high-profile private monopolization lawsuit....

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