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FTC Goes Wild Over Whole Foods Merger
Author(s) -
Rouse Robert W.,
DeLaurell Roxane M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.20371
Subject(s) - pace , commission , economic justice , business , accounting , law and economics , political science , law , economics , finance , geodesy , geography
Despite a credit crunch in 2007, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has continued at a rapid pace. The two primary regulatory agencies that evaluate proposed mergers—the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)—issued a guidelines commentary in 2006. It gave us vital insight on how the DOJ and FTC evaluate mergers. The authors review the commentary and show how it worked in the case of one recent acquisition—where the FTC and DOJ disagreed. The authors then discuss how companies can avoid the M&A mistakes of the past. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.