I see liability cited as a reason all the time, but I never hear about specific cases or settlements, or even a justification from an actual legal team (HR does

I see liability cited as a reason all the time, but I never hear about specific cases or settlements, or even a justification from an actual legal team (HR doesn't count, they are trained to never allow anything as far as I can tell). It comes across from the inside and the outside as pure laziness.