Why did a Federal Judge Reject a Staples and Office Depot Merger?Shekhtman, L. (2016). Why did a federal judge reject a Staples and Office Depot merger? The Christian Science Monitor, May 11, 2016.
The federal judge believed that then Staples and Office Depot would have made a monopoly, with no incentive to negotiate low prices with corporate clients, so the merger was disallowed.