Former Anheuser-Busch Worker Claims Brewery Is Suing Him As Punishment To Watered-Down Beer Claims

From STLToday:

A former employee of Anheuser-Busch InBev says the big brewer is suing him as punishment for his role in the recent class-action suits alleging that the company waters down its beer.

James Clark, a 14-year A-B veteran who left the company in 2012, claims in court papers filed Friday that a trade secrets lawsuit the company filed against him March 1 was retribution for his role in the watery-beer suits, which garnered nationwide negative press against A-B when they were filed in February.

A-B’s suit, which claims Clark violated confidentiality agreements he signed when leaving the company and refused to sign documents certifying otherwise, does not mention the watery-beer lawsuit. But in a response filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco, Clark — who became an attorney after leaving A-B — said he was "actively involved" in the class-action lawsuits, though he did not himself file them.
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