You asked:...

"...at what point does the CFO of these outfits realize he is in a no win situation?"...

That would be the point where he can walk in the Board room of his company and and face the Board and report that he did the best to wrap it up as cheep as he could, but "The Lawyers" are telling him know it may cost them REALLY BIG BUCKS if they continue...

And then the Buck is passed to them and they will have to decide to if they want to go "All the way", or write the checks DM has asked for...

This is the "mircle" of Micheal Milikin Way of doing business. Steal Big; ammas a BIG POT, and then pass the BUCK to others to write the checks from funds you have stashed away, and every one wil feel good about their "role". It matters not how many bodies you step over during the process of getting wherever it is you want to go...

We betterStart making plans for spending the money now. Some of us may not be around much longer...Lol...Lol...

Gil...