Whole Foods’ Legal Woes

As Whole Foods hangs on in this gloomy economy, it also has to battle face-to-face with the Federal Trade Commission. The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied the natural food grocer’s request for a larger panel of judges to review an earlier decision on possible antitrust law violations regarding the company’s merger with Wild Oats. Full FTC hearings start in February to determine the legality of the deal.