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Isn't that an example of what the article is about? BigCo does something (presumably) illegal --> BigCo gets investigated by regulators --> BigCo settles out-o
by tbrownaw 12y ago
Isn't that an example of what the article is about?
BigCo does something (presumably) illegal --> BigCo gets investigated by regulators --> BigCo settles out-of-court without admitting anything.
If everything's illegal and traditionally paid off out-of-court, things that are actually harmful/wrong don't get treated any worse than things that are more questionable.
- mikeash 12y agoThat's what it's about, but their proposed remedy is mostly reducing the number of laws and reducing the number of criminal investigations against companies. You or I might see these out-of-court settlements as a symptom of a problem with companies that can get away with (sometimes literal) murder, whereas they seem to see them as a symptom of a system that punishes companies unjustly.