In early May an envelope arrived at PepsiCo's headquarters in Purchase, New York, bearing the insignia of the company's fierce rival: Coca-Cola. Inside was a letter claiming to be from a high-level Coke official offering to sell "very detailed and confidential information" about the company. Two months later, three defendants were scheduled to appear in federal court in Atlanta accused of stealing trade secrets from Coke and attempting to sell them for $1.5m. More →