<Is this common at a lot of companies? Everyone I've been in: Fortune 5, small biz, govt monopoly, r&d lab, retail One example: a legal department vs. Sales&m

<Is this common at a lot of companies? Everyone I've been in: Fortune 5, small biz, govt monopoly, r&d lab, retail One example: a legal department vs. Sales&marketing. Legal believes they can veto marketing decisions. A fuzzy plan to use CPMI was initiated by marketing. Legal said "you must stop" Marketing said "buzz off, you Legal, are in the 'advice' business. We exercise our right to ignore it." Several members in sales marketing kept in close contact with legal... Before and after... And were quickly transferred. Btw, the decision went to the BofD who naturally gave no reason to stop.