Who's Behind the Antitrust Suit Against InBev-Busch?
Here’s the most provocative part of the Associated Press account of the “beer drinkers’ lawsuit” seeking to block the merger of InBev and Anheuser Busch: a lawyer in the case “declined to say Wednesday who was funding the lawsuit,” according to the AP.
Quite obviously, this is not really a fight for the right of the 10 unnamed plaintiffs to drink cheap beer, as the plaintiffs’ lawyers claim (really: the suit is based on antitrust grounds). But who’s really behind it? Shareholders who oppose the deal, and have filed other lawsuits to block the merger? Unions? Competitors?
Not clear so far. I’ll try to find out. If you have any tips, send them my way. If you have a guess, lay it on me in the comments.
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