Arnell and Omnicom Part Ways . . . and It's Not Pretty

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Peter Arnell has been called everything from genius to fraud. Now add a new label: unemployed. On Feb. 2 the polarizing pitchman was fired from his job at Omnicom after 10 years with the company, according to a recent lawsuit. Details of the dismissal were not available at the time of writing.
 
Arnell, whose infamous $35 million redesign of the Tropicana orange juice carton lasted only a few weeks, slapped his former employer Omnicom with a $1 million lawsuit last week in Manhattan Supreme Court over an eclectic array of bric-a-brac that he purchased in part with the company’s money.
 
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