date:Feb 06, 2013
The Department of Justice, in its biggest action since stopping AT&T from buying T-Mobile, wants A-B to either transfer the license to import Modelo beer into the US to a third party or to sell its US-wholly owned distributors, the source said.
That is too much for A-B to swallow, the source added.
A-B alone has the choice of whether to go to court because Modelo cannot walk away from the deal until the end of the year, a second source said.
Also driving A-B to fight, according to the wel