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Big companies can just pay money to make antitrust cases go away?!?
by ungreased0675 2y ago
Big companies can just pay money to make antitrust cases go away?!?
- agravier 2y agoI feel that the interrobang ‽ better conveys sarcastic exclamation.
- sundvor 2y agoAs evidenced, yes. This reeks of corruption to me.
- andylei 2y agocase would still happen, just without a jury (maybe)
- Zigurd 2y agoBoeing paid money to make a criminal fraud prosecution go away. Then the law firm representing Boeing hired the DoJ lawyer who negotiated the deal, which cut the victims out of the negotiation, possibly in contravention of victims' rights. Boeing then failed to comply with the agreement and allegedly crimed again within the term of their deferred prosecution agreement in the door plug incident. This all running concurrently with the outgoing CEO getting a $33M bonus. So. Yeah.
- geysersam 2y ago> Then the law firm representing Boeing hired the DoJ lawyer who negotiated the deal Did I interpreted that correctly, did they bribe the DoJ lawyer?
- paulddraper 2y agoCheat code: If you pay damages demanded by the plantiff, you can make any civil case go away.
- anticensor 2y agoNot always. Some parties (usually government departments, but sometimes private law entities too) are legally obligated to sue.