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$140 Million dollar settlement on a $1M dollar kickback...finally a monetary penalty against a tech company that may actually deter future bad behavior rather t
by throwaway_tech 7y ago
$140 Million dollar settlement on a $1M dollar kickback...finally a monetary penalty against a tech company that may actually deter future bad behavior rather than reward it.
- kerkeslager 7y agoOkay, it's a step in the right direction, but how did this actually affect the people who made the decision? As far as I can tell, none of them were personally fined, and none of them went to jail. Keep in mind that if some nut with a gun murdered the same number of people, he'd be in jail for the rest of his life, which might end with a lethal injection, and people would be calling for gun regulation to keep guns from getting into the hands of nuts. But because this was done with a pen instead of a gun, we're incentivizing shareholders to not invest in execs like this and hoping shareholders can figure out how to identify sociopaths in advance in the future?
- pbreit 7y agoNo one murdered anyone. Opioidal medications are entirely legal. Doctors did and do prescribe them all the time. Your accusations seem a bit excessive.