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Re:Florida is letting companies make it harder for highly pa... by modeless on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @12:43PM (#44512141)
You linked to an example of statute preventing bad behavior. Yes, it took years, the law moves slowly, but it happened. Retroactive compensation was provided for those affected, but most importantly, corporate policies changed.
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Re:Florida is letting companies make it harder for highly pa... by MangoToupe on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @12:48PM (#44512210)
> but most importantly, corporate policies changed.

How confident are you about that? Given how small the compensation was, does this really represent much victory? Do you really think class action lawsuits as they stand present much disincentive?

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Re:Florida is letting companies make it harder for highly pa... by modeless on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @01:43PM (#44512849)
Yes, class action lawsuits in general and this one in particular present strong disincentives that companies respond to, especially after they lose.
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Re:Florida is letting companies make it harder for highly pa... by MangoToupe on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @02:45PM (#44513493)
Well, we'll wait and see. I don't agree on any level but time will certainly tell.
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Re:Florida is letting companies make it harder for highly pa... by modeless on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @03:34PM (#44513955)
It's been ten years since the last settlement was finalized in those cases. They were a success and we don't need to wait any longer to decide that.
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Re:Florida is letting companies make it harder for highly pa... by MangoToupe on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @09:58PM (#44516480)
Right but to imply "lack of prosecution implies lack of wrongdoing" is just a non-starter.
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