> Therefore, in your model of the world, an evil conspiracy of bad actors are looking to strategically undermine the law with various dastardly convoluted schemes.

There's no need to straw man secret cabals of conspirators, when it's just business. (Or if you want to get political, capitalism). When big tobacco companies pour money into lobbyists, fund skewed studies, and buy ads to flout anti-smoking legislation, no one calls it conspiracy. Businesses are incentivized to respond in certain ways.