If anything, he said, Bain Capital stood out from its rivals in the 1980s and 1990s for eschewing quick-fix financial wizardry that drained companies of assets.
But the prospect of further litigation draining the company's coffers prompted the media outlet to prepare contingency planning around what the company described as Mr. Thiel's "revenge campaign".
A lawyer for Meitec, Jun-ichi Tsutsumi, said Sekiguchi was, in effect, draining the company of its resources.
The former Tyco chairman Dennis Kozlowski, who went to prison for draining the company of millions, is perhaps the most famous example.
At the same time, plenty of long-time Zynga employees left after vesting, draining the company of its original talent.
Computer salesman-turned-entrepreneur sold house for $150,000, borrowed another $10 million to buy sewer-and-drain company Conco.
Baan needs a savior, either a financial investor or company to purchase it, after seven quarters of losses have drained the company of cash.
Fat, oil and grease cause more than three-quarters of the tens of thousands of blocked drains the company has to deal with every year.
But the board of the fledging Rapitech, worried that a lawsuit would drain the company of cash, refused to pursue legal action.
Last month, however, BioVeris filed a second legal action against Mr. Wohlstadter, charging he "sabotaged" the joint venture by seeking to drain the company of its assets.
