Management By Baseball breaks down a silly law suit by Major League Baseball against the owners of fantasy baseball leagues.  What’s so interesting about the post is the explanation of the three common reasons big companies sue small ones.  The third one doesn’t sound familiar, does it?

COMMON REASON #1 -- The attacking organization is on a decline it cannot stem with the creative energy & growth in its market & is just trying to squeeze a little more juice out of the old beetle before it folds.

COMMON REASON #2 -- The attacking organization is struggling to survive because even though it has creative energy, its markets are blocked & the chump change it stands to claim is more than it currently has.

COMMON REASON #3 -- The attacking organization just brought counsel in house or hired new outside counsel and the newcomer is trying to make an impression or the hiring executives want to show off their new toy.