Double Whammy

Re: Double Whammy

I worked for a large publicly traded comapny in the '90s. I was good friends with the legal department folks, and we started talking about what they pay. When a minority or a woman was fired, and they retained a lawyer our legal department would automatically figure on paying $5k to 10k per case to defend the case. If they could settle the case for less than that it was a victory. The facts did not matter, anybody who was willing to retain a lawyer pretty much got paid off.