Jones Day
Antitrust
Alert
March 2009
FTC Challenges Whole Foods/Wild Oats Merger
Whole Foods Settles the FTC’s
Challenge to Its Acquisition of Wild Oats
Weil
Gotshal
March 10, 2009
D.C. Circuit Reverses Decision Denying Preliminary Injunction in Whole Foods/Wild Oats Merger
McDermott, Will & Emery
August 13, 2008
This Alert reviews the July 29, 2008 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reverse a lower court’s denial of the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for preliminary injunction to halt the merger of Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
McDermott, Will & Emery
August 13, 2008
This Alert reviews the July 29, 2008 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reverse a lower court’s denial of the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for preliminary injunction to halt the merger of Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
D.C. Circuit Reverses District Court’s Denial of FTC’s Petition to Preliminarily Enjoin Whole Foods’ Acquisition of Wild Oats
Fried Frank
Antitrust & Competition Law Alert
August 13, 2008
This Alert examines the July 29, 2008 decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reverse a lower court’s denial of the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction to block the merger of Whole Foods Market, Inc. and Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
Fried Frank
Antitrust & Competition Law Alert
August 13, 2008
This Alert examines the July 29, 2008 decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reverse a lower court’s denial of the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction to block the merger of Whole Foods Market, Inc. and Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
Whole Foods: Where does the Federal Trade Commission Go from Here?
Haynes Boone
Antitrust News Alert: Merger Enforcement
August 6, 2008
This Alert looks at implications of the D.C. Circuit’s reversal of a lower court refusal to grant the FTC a preliminary injunction to block the merger of Whole Foods and Wild Oats, including the possibility that the government could seek to unwind the now completed merger.
FTC v. Whole Foods: FTC Scores Premium Victory in D.C. Circuit
Wilmer Hale
Email Alerts
August 6, 2008
This Alert summarizes the FTC’s recent victory the DC Circuit in the long-running litigation surrounding the acquisition of Wild Oats by Whole Foods. The FTC in a lower court ruling had previously been denied a request for a preliminary injunction against the now completed acquisition.
Wilmer Hale
Email Alerts
August 6, 2008
This Alert summarizes the FTC’s recent victory the DC Circuit in the long-running litigation surrounding the acquisition of Wild Oats by Whole Foods. The FTC in a lower court ruling had previously been denied a request for a preliminary injunction against the now completed acquisition.
DC Circuit Overrules Whole Foods Decision
Kilpatrick Stockton
COMPLEX BUSINESS LITIGATION
AUGUST 6, 2008
This Alert summarizes the July 29, 2008 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to reverse a district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction, sought by the FTC, to block the $565 million merger between Whole Foods and Wild Oats.
Kilpatrick Stockton
COMPLEX BUSINESS LITIGATION
AUGUST 6, 2008
This Alert summarizes the July 29, 2008 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to reverse a district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction, sought by the FTC, to block the $565 million merger between Whole Foods and Wild Oats.
Court of Appeals Upholds FTC Challenge of Whole Foods/Wild Oats Merger
Kelley Drye
August 6, 2008
This Alert summarizes the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ reversal of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s decision in ongoing litigation relating to the FTC’s challenge of the now completed Whole Foods/Wild Oats merger (specifically, the higher court ruling that the lower court had erred in finding that Whole Foods and Wild Oats competed in the same market as conventional supermarkets and hence in not entering a preliminary injunction against the merger as urged by the FTC).
Kelley Drye
August 6, 2008
This Alert summarizes the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ reversal of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s decision in ongoing litigation relating to the FTC’s challenge of the now completed Whole Foods/Wild Oats merger (specifically, the higher court ruling that the lower court had erred in finding that Whole Foods and Wild Oats competed in the same market as conventional supermarkets and hence in not entering a preliminary injunction against the merger as urged by the FTC).
FTC v. Whole Foods: The Standard May Be More Important Than The Substance
Arnold & Porter
August 1, 2008
This Client Advisory covers the latest chapter in the FTC's attempt to block the merger of Whole Foods Markets, Inc.and Wild Oats Markets (a split-opinion reversal by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit of an opinion by the US District Court for the District of Columbia) and provides insight as to how courts will treat Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requests to enjoin mergers.