PepsiCo Asks Courts to Bite Down on Bang

Dear Client:  The problem with arbitration is that it can sometimes lack “teeth.” That’s why we’re still here grokking the Pepsi/VPX suit(s), even though PepsiCo says arbitration has already gone their way.  Recall, PepsiCo says it has already won an interim ruling from the arbitrator, which ordered Bang to “stop breaching the parties’ distribution agreement until the completion of the ongoing arbitration of the disputes between VPX and PepsiCo” [see BBD 12-09-2020]. In its latest filing yesterday, PepsiCo (which you’ll