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Secretarial Mistake Costs Pepsi $1.26 Billion 11

Posted by samzenpus from the cost-of-a-new-generation dept.
9gezegen writes "Pepsi learned that if it wants to continue to 'Refresh Everything,' it needs an extra $1.26 billion. It looks like one of the secretaries forget to inform company lawyers about a trade secrets case in a Wisconsin state court. When nobody arrived to court, the judge gave $1.26 billion default judgement. According to Pepsi lawyers, they were not properly served because the secretary was 'so busy preparing for a board meeting.' One might imagine she was working on the refreshments. Perhaps Pepsi should learn more about the Spamhaus case."

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  • Bad service? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Valdrax ( 32670 ) on Sunday November 01, 2009 @07:19PM (#29945328)

    Someone who is a lawyer correct me if I'm wrong, but this is a terrible argument. I mean, if the secretary is an agent of the company who is authorized to receive communications on the company's behalf, then wouldn't service to a secretary be good enough?

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