Still, losing one huge lawsuit could mean the end of Piper.
The biggest fear at the time was that the programme would attract huge lawsuits.
In some cases, they discovered those risks only when bad products led to huge lawsuits, or inadequate controls produced big trading losses.
One of the biggest reasons for high insurance rates is the risk of a huge lawsuit and subsequent award if something goes wrong.
In 1975, she became involved in a huge and complex lawsuit that was to become well known in antitrust circles.
Reporters noted with irony that the woman, having been admonished to embrace American customs, has done so by filing a huge lawsuit.
With nothing else between them, the sides have fought over painful remnants: keepsakes, children, the uncertain promise of huge civil lawsuits.
"If it wouldn't leave the city open to a huge lawsuit, I might say it," she said.
He was brilliant, a real legal genius who worked very hard and was soon winning huge lawsuits against oil and chemical companies.
Since he joined the firm, he had worked for a client who was engaged in a huge lawsuit in south Louisiana.