Wow, that's kinda crazy. It essentially means that companies can hurt competitors by violating a law, causing competitors to go out of business even, and then p

Wow, that's kinda crazy. It essentially means that companies can hurt competitors by violating a law, causing competitors to go out of business even, and then pay the government to 'repent' (and also agree to some scrutiny for that particular type of violation). But their objective of wiping out competition has been achieved.