The ones I can think of: * They have more money to spend on lawyers. * They expected windfall from the lawsuit is higher, so law firms would be more inclined

The ones I can think of: * They have more money to spend on lawyers. * They expected windfall from the lawsuit is higher, so law firms would be more inclined to accept the case and spend more resources on it. * At lower levels, people are given boilerplate contracts written by company lawyers and told to take it or leave it. Apart from things like remuneration, nothing is up for negotiation. These contracts often heavily favour the company and make lawsuits difficult. At higher levels, contracts are genuinely negotiated between the lawyers for both sides. * It is unlikely that a director could create or move to another company and start successfully poaching their former colleagues. A VP or higher level executive probably could.