Doctors who take an extra few minutes to talk with patients are sued less often for malpractice.
But if companies run by lawyer CEOs get sued less and perform much better when sued, why do CEOs with JD degrees represent less than one-tenth of the CEO pool?
In the latest deal, Vivendi Universal said it would pay $372 million, or $5 a share, to acquire MP3.com, a company it sued less than a year ago for copyright infringement.
Even after lowering the bar to go after those who have shared hundreds of songs rather than thousands the big labels have still sued less than 0.1% of illegal file-sharers; the lawsuits have made many of the others think twice before downloading illegal music, but plenty have continued regardless.
Hospitals led by culturally intelligent leaders are more effective at treating immigrant patients and get sued less for misdiagnoses of those patients.
Mavens of electronic dance music list among their heroes Stockhausen, Terry Riley, and, especially, Steve Reich, who avoids the temptation to sue his less inventive admirers.
Mr. Bush had previously, in the form of a veto threat, outlined his objections to provisions of a Senate bill that gives patients much broader rights to sue, with less stringent caps on damages, than Mr. Bush favors.
So companies run by lawyers, if sued, spent less on litigation and did better — they settled less often when sued and lost less often when cases went to court.
Moreover, companies run by lawyers, if sued, spent less on litigation and did better — they settled less often when sued and lost less often when cases went to court.
