If the organization is so corrupt and guilty that the mere filing of a lawsuit sends them running, then it's probably a good thing that the lawsuit was filed.

Perhaps, but the act could also cement positions of participants and serve as a warning to others to route around hostile forces.

No, not anyone. Elon Musk can do it, because he controls one of the most powerful media platforms in the world and has more money to burn on lawyers, bribes and chicanery than most countries, and a history of being able to ruin lives and get away with it. No one cares if you or I do it.