APEAM lawsuit vs. CAC

A lawyer connected with the case has told me APEAM, the avocado exporter group based in the Mexican state of Michoacan, has filed a complaint today against the California Avocado Commission in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California (Sacramento). The complaint alleges trade defamation, interference with contractual relations, interference with prospective economic advantage, negligence and unfair competition. According to the lawyer, the gist of the complaint is that CAC made numerous public defamatory statements about Mexican avocados which contributed to the severe drop in demand during 2007 and to some extent continuing into the future.

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