Accusations are levelled not in the ceremonious rigor of a court but in a dingy office, with the irate plaintiffs standing up and leaning over the desk of a judge, the better to hammer home their case.
In many of these cases, convincing the government to abandon its case (or decline bringing one in the first place) typically required going hammer and tong with law enforcement authorities and regulators over the intricacies of corporate finance and accounting rules.