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California Lawyers Association Publishes Simpson Thacher Antitrust Article

12.13.18

Litigation Partner Buzz Frahn and Litigation Associates Marissa Lambert and Kourtney Kinsel co-wrote an article published on the California Lawyers Association’s website. The article, titled “Miller Time?: 9th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Consumer Suit Challenging Anheuser-Busch’s Acquisition of SABMiller,” discusses a Ninth Circuit affirmance of a dismissal of a consumer class action filed in the District of Oregon. The class action alleged that the merger posed a risk of reducing competition, raising prices, diminishing product diversity and suppressing smaller companies so as to violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the trial court’s dismissal, finding that the consumers failed to successfully allege a change in market concentration.

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