Vigor-Danone cereal dispute in Brazil escalates over sham litigation claims
By Ana Rita Rego ( December 10, 2013, 19:50 GMT | Insight) -- Brazilian antitrust officials are looking at claims by dairy-product makers Vigor and Danone, which are accusing each other of engaging in spurious lawsuits designed to interfere with market competition. The arguments arose as officials probe whether Kellogg and Danone breached competition rules over the supply of frosted cereal.Brazilian antitrust officials are looking into whether dairy-product maker Danone and cereal producer Kellogg ganged up to damage the business of another dairy company, Vigor — and whether Vigor and Danone engaged in spurious lawsuits against each other designed to interfere with competition....
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