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52 points

When will punishment stop being attached to a hard number and be a percentage of the company’s worth. Shits maddening.

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While I’d love a percentage based fee, this is a damages suit, so it should be actual damages these people are owed, as determined by the court. A percentage just doesn’t make sense here unless punitive damages were also on the table.

In principle I agree, though, breaking the law should not be an affordable “cost of doing business”.

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8 points

These companies shift gains and losses around so much that they would evade any punishment

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8 points

“As you can see your honor, we actually lost 400 million last year. Negative profit. It looks like you actually owe us money when you calculate the proposed fine…”

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Surly u can make it the value of a percentage of shaires. The primary purpose of any company is the keep the shairholders happy either pay ur fines or fail ur primary purpose.

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Are you basically saying ‘When will corporations stop profit seeking?’

Because the answer to that is ‘never by choice’.

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5 points

No. Not at all. That’s not what he said and only tangentially related. I expect a re-read and full write up by morning young man :p

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I don’t even care you are being sarcastic, blocked.

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