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The San Jose Mercury News picks an odd quote to describe shareholder-vs.-corporation lawsuits:

For some companies, the wrongdoing could amount "to corporate hygiene issues."

In this case, "corporate hygiene issues" means "greedy exploitation of stock options." BORING. Watch out for these nine interesting and altogether more threatening corporate hygiene issues:

  1. Shaking hands with game developer and sloppy bathroom user Will Wright
  2. Touching Microsoft
  3. Blogging — a known cause of Hep C
  4. Whatever disease transfers from Steve Jobs's boots to a journalist's tongue
  5. [Requisite "virus" pun]
  6. Failing to wash hands clean of the last deal with Dell
  7. Grime from dropped fork at Buck's Restaurant
  8. Podcast-transmitted flu bug
  9. Googleplex Head Lice — stop sharing hairbrushes, guys

Silicon Valley turning into Litigation Valley [Mercury News]