Mr. Jeffrey Aaronson
Partner, Law Offices of Jeffrey B. Aaronson, Ltd.
Member of the Law Council
Council Member Biography
Jeffrey B. Aaronson practices law at the law offices of Jeffrey B Aaronson, Ltd. He was a former Partner in the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Department at Bell, Boyd & Lloyd located in Chicago, Illinois. He concentrates his practice in white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions, antitrust investigations, litigation, counseling, corporate internal investigations and other civil litigation. Mr. Aaronson has represented a major industrial gas corporation in its defense against a price fixing claim; represented a large health care company in its acquisition of two other health care companies and in its merger with a third; represented individuals and companies in a variety of criminal investigations including antitrust, environmental, fraud, health care and industrial espionage; and represented individuals and companies undergoing grand jury investigations. Previously, he spent ten years with the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. While at the Justice Department, Mr. Aaronson was the lead attorney on many merger investigations and criminal prosecutions. He conducted a number of jury trials and received a numerous awards from the Department of Justice. He has written and lectured on antitrust law, the government's antitrust case against Microsoft, patent matters, health care antitrust issues and criminal practice and procedure. Mr. Aaronson is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University School of Law and a faculty member with the National Institute of Tria (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2009 - Unspecified
- Partner, Law Offices of Jeffrey B. Aaronson, Ltd.
- 1994 - 2009
- Partner, BELL BOYD & LLOYD LLP
- 1984 - 1994
- Trial Attorney, UNITED STATES DEPT OF JUSTICE
- 1983 - 1984
- Law Clerk, United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana (New Orleans)
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Whole Food's Statements Create Difficulties for the Wild Oats Deal
June 20, 2007
Whole Foods CEO Talked of "Eliminating" Rivalsl | seattletimes.nwsource.com
The FTC's recently released unredacted version of the complaint against Whole Foods adds some spice to the case and helps explain the thinking behind bringing the case. In the unredacted material, Whole Foods' CEO John Mackey explained to the Whole Foods board that part of the rationale for acquiring Wild Oats was to "avoid nasty price wars" in a number of cities. In the newly unredacted material Whole Foods asserts that it "has created a brand that has real value;" and that it has created a "customer loyalty that will not be stolen away by conventional markets who sell the same products." Although the statements will likely make for hard going in court, they do not directly go to the key point in the case; the likely nature of future competition. To succeed in court, Whole Foods, will have to provide objective evidence showing that in the future, it will have compete against conventional supermarkets .
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| Experts in the Leisure & Lodging Council | 4887 |
| Experts in the Automotive Council | 3422 |
| Medical Geneticists (US) | 85 |
| FTC Antitrust Experts: Lawyers | 57 |
| DOJ Antitrust Experts: Lawyers | 49 |
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