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Re:Uber broke laws, duped police and built lobbying operatio... by xwdv on Sunday July 10, 2022 @04:44PM (#32048812)
There is. You can treat fines as just another cost of doing business if your returns will be far greater.
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Re:Uber broke laws, duped police and built lobbying operatio... by unyttigfjelltol on Sunday July 10, 2022 @04:59PM (#32048974)
No. It is not standard to build an illegal enterprise and then treat the fines as a cost of doing business.
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Re:Uber broke laws, duped police and built lobbying operatio... by xwdv on Sunday July 10, 2022 @08:35PM (#32050819)
It is. If every business followed every law perfectly as a standard practice it would be very difficult for many businesses to survive. Law has to be fudged when appropriate.
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Re:Uber broke laws, duped police and built lobbying operatio... by unyttigfjelltol on Monday July 11, 2022 @08:29AM (#32055251)
Look, the most aggressive folks have reasoned positions they feel comfortable taking to judges and counterparties. If your position is "I'm illegal and I don't care, see if you can fashion a remedy that makes me regret it", judges and counterparties will oblige.
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Re:Uber broke laws, duped police and built lobbying operatio... by xwdv on Monday July 11, 2022 @09:33AM (#32055908)
If you aren’t caught doing illegal things you will never see a judge.
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