I may not be popular for saying this, but I'll do it anyhow...
None of this thread would even be here if Michael had his entire organization under control...!
I realize that he is the head of a very vast empire, that there are a billions loose ends, and that he HAS been a victim of people trying to harm him. However...
The only person who can truly sort this out and keep ANY of this from happening again - including the lawsuits from Raymore Bain, John Landis, Ola Ray and who knows who else... the only say is for Michael to take control.
Yes, it would require COUNTLESS hours to clean it up. Yes, it would get ugly, and yes he'd probably get sued left and right at first, however, he could get it all under control.
Not give POA to nobody... When somebody is no longer needed, fire their behinds properly through phone-call, fax or whatever, but directly from him, if he himself hired them. He would need to look over ANY contract he signs thouroughly, preferrebly have a lawyer look them over with a microscope. He would need to have regular meetings with accountants to see what is up, and to make necessary adjustments. He may have to change his budget severely and only be able to buy 10,000 dollars worth of stuff at Ed Hardy. He may have to only live in one place, and when he does fly, either go first class like most stars, or only charter jets when it is absolutely necessary.
I am NOT saying Michael is broke, or that I know what is going on behind the scenes, my guess is as good as yours. But lawsuits flying every which where and everyone and their mama suing for non-payment is NOT the signs of everything being under control.
I work for one of the biggest companies in the world - McDonalds, and BELIEVE ME.... even to the very lowest level, you'll know if you're in or out. Your salary will be payed out, and your contracts are air-tight. I'm nothing but a floor-level manager, and my contract is 3 pages long and state everything down to every CENT they have to pay me, WHO hired me, WHAT I'm hired as, WHAT kind of pension they have to pay etc etc. I could take them to court for not paying overtime if I wanted to give it a go, but they have my signature on a piece of paper for every shift I worked over-time, making it voluntary over-time and therefore not eligeble for over-time pay. This is McDonalds...
Michael's empire is nowhere NEAR that size, nowhere NEAR that complex or nowhere NEAR involving so many shady characters... yet it works.
So for Michael's camp to constantly be in trouble... there simply is not the needed level of control.