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Bedoya, Slaughter say claims in dropped FTC suit against PepsiCo to 'remain forever sealed'

( May 28, 2025, 19:47 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Former US Federal Trade Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter said the Republican-led agency's decision to dismiss a price discrimination lawsuit against PepsiCo means that the full scope of the allegations in the complaint will remain forever sealed. "Chairman Ferguson, Commissioner Holyoak, and Commissioner Meador denounce the case as weak, so weak that it was irresponsible to bring. Who is right? The public will never know, because the majority dropped the case before a judge could rule on it – and on what appears to have been the last day that judge gave the parties to figure out which of the heavy redactions in the complaint could be lifted," they said in a statement.Statement follows below:...

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