The inside stories of messy marriage breakups have been an entertainment staple since even before Tolstoy observed that “every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” So let’s thank the supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons, whose $24.6-billion merger has collapsed amid mutual recriminations, for their outstanding contribution to the genre. — Federal Judge Adrienne Nelson, blocking the Kroger/Albertsons merger …
In 2003, Brian Beinlich stood before a judge in an Orange County courtroom, barely comprehending what had happened. But after it was implemented, retailers and law enforcement officials blamed Proposition 47 for a spike in shoplifting; they said organized retail theft rings were taking advantage of reduced penalties. In 2018, to deter an attack on Proposition 47, legislators created “organized …
