Philippines

  • How A Bottle Cap Blunder Sparked Riots, Lawsuits, And A $32 Billion Legal Nightmare For Pepsi In The Philippines

    What started as a clever marketing stunt nearly became one of the most expensive legal disasters in corporate history. On May 25, 1992, a highly anticipated moment on Philippine television turned into chaos when PepsiCo’s “Number Fever” contest mistakenly declared hundreds of thousands of people millionaires—thanks to a computer glitch that printed the winning number…

  • Convicted Sex Offender Receives 220-Year Prison Sentence In Landmark Decision

    In a landmark legal decision, Samuel Arthur Thompson, a registered sex offender, has been sentenced to 220 years in federal prison for heinous crimes including the production of child sexual abuse material and the hacking of the jumbotron at the Jacksonville Jaguars stadium. The sentencing, delivered by a federal judge in Jacksonville, comes after Thompson’s…