In case you're not grossed out enough for one afternoon, here are 18 Mealbreakereakers from recent years.
The forcing function is often a lawsuit, or less seriously, the near miss of a lawsuit that leads to a general discussion about reputation risk for the firm.
Even as Siebel's compensation committee doled out the maximum amount of options to the chief executive, it met less and less often, the lawsuit noted.
Employees often file lawsuits to fight dismissals, and in many cases judges rule for their reinstatement.
Often parallel lawsuits are filed in district courts to try to recoup any financial damages.
Environmental groups often use lawsuits as a pressure tactic to spur the government to enforce the Clean Water Act.
He noted that in litigious America, this is sound public policy in order to attract qualified officers, directors and employees, who otherwise might face ruinous costs of defending themselves against what are often frivolous lawsuits.
Mr. Cordray in two years in office has demonstrated a willingness to sue early and often, filing lawsuits against global financial houses, rating agencies, subprime lenders and foreclosure scammers.
Executives concerned about their employer's accounting are more likely to come forward than in the past, now that they have seen the consequences at Enron of trying to keep accounting problems hidden, said Melvyn I. Weiss, a lawyer at Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, which often files lawsuits on behalf of investors.
Often those lawsuits add an unwanted deterrent against the sale of desperately needed drugs.
Japanese companies thus often file lawsuits out of U.S.-based subsidiaries.
