Is Dr Pepper really suing itself?
Just when you think corporate America might have run out of stupid things to do, along comes a story that makes you wonder if lawyers get paid a bonus to come up with new ways of screwing people just for the fun of it. Allow me to quote from the Dr Pepper Snapple Group’s press release titled “Dr Pepper Snapple Group Files Suit against Bottler Violating Dr Pepper License Agreement,” a missive which was obviously written by someone who has never heard of “The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs”: Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (NYSE: DPS) today [June 28, 2011] announced a lawsuit against Dr Pepper Bottling Co. of Dublin, Texas, in an effort to end numerous practices by the bottler that violate its license agreement. The suit, filed today by DPS subsidiary Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc., in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas, charges that the Dublin bottling company is selling Dr Pepper beyond the six-county territory designated in its license agreement. The suit also seeks to end
