Eighth Circuit rejects indirect purchaser effort to unwind Anheuser-Busch/InBev merger | Practical Law
In Ginsburg v. InBev NV/SA, the Eighth Circuit affirmed the Eastern District of Missouri's grant of judgment on the pleadings dismissing indirect purchasers' claims that the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch by In Bev NV/SA threatens to reduce competition and increase beer prices in the United States in violation of section 7 of the Clayton Act. The Eighth Circuit held that divestiture, the only equitable relief to which plaintiffs would be entitled, would not be appropriate as a matter of law.