The goal of the temp lawsuits, at least when I was at microsoft (in a fulltime job) imho was to get tons of money for the stock options they would have received

The goal of the temp lawsuits, at least when I was at microsoft (in a fulltime job) imho was to get tons of money for the stock options they would have received if they had been regular fulltime employees. They were almost full timers, except they didn't have stock, and they had a small chance of not being employed.