California AG and DOJ Holding Calls with Brewers Re A-B Branch Activity

Dear Client:As we reported yesterday, several California craft brewers said that the California state Attorney's General office has requested a conference call to discuss A-B's past and possible future acquisitions of distributorships in the state and how that would affect their access to market, among other antitrust considerations.To update you, at press time, two Cali craft brewers confirmed with BBD yesterday that, indeed, the U.S. Department of Justice will also be looped in on these conference calls. That kind of