Ford won a case setting a precedent that so long as you're doing something which can be construed as being in the shareholders' interests, they can't sue you (as an officer of the company) for not doing what they specifically want, e.g. not paying them massive dividends and pouring the money into R&D instead.
Ford won a case setting a precedent that so long as you're doing something which can be construed as being in the shareholders' interests, they can't sue you (as an officer of the company) for not doing what they specifically want, e.g. not paying them massive dividends and pouring the money into R&D instead.