FTC Wholesale Market Definition Key In Judge's Decision To Enjoin Mergers
Executive Summary
The inability of the four merging wholesalers to persuade D.C. federal court Judge Stanley Sporkin that the Federal Trade Commission's definition of the relevant market was too narrow appears to have been the key to Sporkin's July 31 decision to grant a preliminary injunction against the Cardinal/Bergen and McKesson/Amerisource mergers.