Twice in my career I&#x27;ve seen sexual harassment claims raised at a company I worked for after someone departed the company, and twice I&#x27;ve been led to believe the result was a very large cash settlement for the accuser. (Neither case occurred in a company I was in management at).<p>If your firm has any money in the bank at all, the accuser&#x27;s lawyer will take the case on contingency, knowing both that you are unlikely to prevail and that your likelihood of prevailing is besides the point because the case will cost <i>a fortune</i> to litigate and taken <i>years</i> to dispose of, during which time you will be frozen on any major business development moves.<p>You can call these kinds of suits &quot;frivolous&quot; or &quot;unfair&quot; or anything else you&#x27;d like. I don&#x27;t care, as long as you don&#x27;t also call them &quot;ineffective&quot;.<p>I think there are better places for employees to learn basic standards of professional conduct than in a deposition.