Personal Story: I will admit, my most stable living conditions was actually my childhood till 18. And lots, LOTS of times, big company nuisance (?, might not be the right word) lawsuits brought down businesses KNOWING they couldn't win in court but they could out-cash people, which included my uncles' businesses. Eventually, the "little guy" just cried uncle, signed, and that was that.
It wasn't in the US. It was a fucking long time ago, and I THINK there's a lot more protection against "Big Corps will just sue you, your kids, your grandkids till you sign." nowadays. More in some countries I'm sure.
The way you're explaining it, at least where you live, if not most places, big Corporations can't do that anymore.
SARCASM: However, that's hard for me to swallow because that would mean... that something... on Planet Earth... GOT BETTER?!