Court denies Essendant motion in dispute with Genuine Parts Co.
Paul Demery
The legal battle over last year’s aborted merger plan by two major distribution companies—Essendant Inc. and the S.P. Richards unit of Genuine Parts Co.—lives on. A Delaware court on Sept. 9 denied Essendant’s motion to dismiss breach-of-contract claims filed by Genuine Parts, which had expected to merge S.P. Richards with its distribution rival Essendant last […]