On February 6, 2026, Judge Gordon P. Gallagher of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado granted defendants’ motion to dismiss in Valarie Morgan v. The Kroger Co., et al., Civ. A. No. 25-cv-00837-GPG-CYC, dismissing a proposed class action antitrust lawsuit alleging the grocery giants violated antitrust law through a no-poach agreement entered into during a 2022 union strike.