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US: Sysco hires Richard Parker for merger fight with regulator

By  |  February 18, 2015

Food distributing company Sysco has hired top Washington litigators to defend itself if US regulators file a lawsuit to stop its merger with rival US Foods, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

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    The deal, announced in December 2013, is controversial because Sysco and US Foods are the two largest companies in their industry.

    Sysco has hired the law firm O’Melveny & Myers LLP as its counsel if the Federal Trade Commission files a lawsuit to block the $3.5 billion transaction.

    O’Melveny & Myers’ antitrust practice is headed by Richard Parker, who defended Apple when the Justice Department accused the technology company and book publishers of price-fixing.

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