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how do they get away with not paying?
by singularity2001 9y ago
how do they get away with not paying?
- VladTheImplier 9y agoDifferent legislations. The EU has no real power over those companies. Basically they said please be nice, please pay us 1B.
- navaati 9y agoHave they no assets on EU soil that can be seized from them ?
- shrewduser 9y agothey have a lot of fabs in germany.
- dgacmu 9y agoThey have none in Germany, but do have some in Ireland: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabric...
- IAmEveryone 9y agoBullshit. The EU has exactly the same powers as the US government regarding antitrust enforcement against multinationals corporations. But, as in the US or any other society ruled by law, antitrust fines and all other executive decisions can be challenged in court. That’s what Intel did, and the case is still pending.
- ByThyGrace 9y agoIs the EU Court of Justice particularly slow? Does this kind of trial take a lot of time?
- fgonzag 9y agoIf you were ordered to pay 1 billion, you would probably hire whole attorney firms to file appeal after appeal.
- ATsch 9y agoIf I remember correctly, they are suing on a number of technicalities to delay it as far as possible?