I used to work for a credit card company. There was an employee that ran his mortgage business on the side during most of the day at work. So, the company went

I used to work for a credit card company. There was an employee that ran his mortgage business on the side during most of the day at work. So, the company went to fire him. He claimed racism (he was Indian) and sued for $1M. The credit card company not wanting any bad publicity settled giving him nearly that entire amount.