Sidney Frank Said to Sue Beam (BEAM) Over Irish Whiskey Contract, Seeks $100M

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Sidney Frank Files Suit Against Beam, Inc. (BEAM) Over Michael Collins

March 4, 2013 9:49 AM EST

Sidney Frank Importing Company, Inc. announced that on March 1, 2013, it filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York against Beam, Inc. and Cooley Distillery, PLC, a subsidiary of Beam, Inc. The lawsuit arises out of Beam and Cooley Distillerys breach of Sidney Frank Importing Companys long-term contract with Cooley Distillery for the supply of Michael Collins Irish Whiskey as well as acts of unfair competition and tortious interference.

In 2006, independent and family-owned Sidney Frank Importing Company entered... More