This only continues to prove a working theory of mine: Businesses that start suing everyone left and right are dying from the inside - with no hope of ever recovering - and will be permanently out of business in a decade. That is: Filing Chapter 11.

I've seen numerous businesses try the lawsuit route after they cease innovating and, to date, they all, without exception, have ended up filing for Chapter 11 about five to ten years later or just closing their doors.

Apple may prove to be the first interesting exception to this rule.