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CORPORATE COUNSEL CENTER ANTITRUST NEWSLETTER
November 28, 2008
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ANTITRUST CASES
   * Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Whole Foods Market, Inc.

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ANTITRUST CASES

   Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Whole Foods Market, Inc., No. 07-5276 (U.S.
   D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, July 29, 2008)
   Denial of the FTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the
   merger of the Whole Foods and Wild Oats supermarket chains is
   reversed and remanded where: 1) the case was not moot despite the
   merger's having already occurred; 2) the district court did not abuse
   its discretion by considering the market definition proposed by the
   FTC, in which Whole Foods and Wild Oats compete in the "premium,
   natural, and organic supermarkets" (PNOS) market, not against all
   supermarkets; 3) the FTC met the threshold requirements for obtaining
   a preliminary injunction by demonstrating a likelihood of success on
   its claim that the two supermarkets did compete in the PNOS market;
   and 4) the district court was best positioned to balance the FTC's
   showing against the equities weighing against an injunction. (Amended
   and reissued opinion)

   To read the full text of this opinion, go to:
   http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/dc/075276p.pdf

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