Stressful but also good. Much more widely known than had not been subject to this threat. Probably good for future career prospects.
"Known to cause lots of work for legal department" could, for some bosses, be considered a negative signal in hiring. Moreover, "pisses of people with power": same.
To a good editor, yes. But I'm not sure the majority of editors are good ones, so while your point isn't exactly false, the GP's is also true (with all the other ones).
In reverse, you probably know a lot names of startup or IT personalities, that nobody outside our field would ever need to know