Category: Federal Trade Commission
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FTC Target of Merger Challenge Proclaims Proposed Rule Changes Unfair
Whole Foods Market, Inc., which is currently litigating the FTC’s challenge to its merger with Wild Oats Markets, has submitted comments on the commission’s proposed merger rule changes and is urging others to join its “Ad Hoc Committee for FTC Fair Play” to do so as well. Apparently, the FTC will allow comments for only…
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Administrative Law Judge Appointed in Whole Foods Antitrust Case
The FTC has appointed Acting Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell to oversee the antitrust hearing in the commission’s case against the 2007 merger of Whole Foods Market, Inc. and Wild Oats Markets, Inc. The administrative hearing is scheduled to begin February 17, 2009. FTC Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch presided over the scheduling conference…