In the real world, Stanley would have lost all his private label customers as
soon as I filed a motion-under any of half a dozen pretexts-that allowed me to
deposition his customers' employees. Once he (and more importantly, they)
learned that the customers of any enterprise vaguely related to his previous
business were going to have their employees subjected to interrogatories and
depositions, he'd have to go to work at McDonalds.

Judges really, really, really hate being ignored.