The Short Arm of the Law 336
mindbrane writes "CNN takes a look at when companies are too big for the legal system to handle. Quoting: 'Prosecutors said that excluding Pfizer would most likely lead to Pfizer's collapse, with collateral consequences: disrupting the flow of Pfizer products to Medicare and Medicaid recipients, causing the loss of jobs including those of Pfizer employees who were not involved in the fraud, and causing significant losses for Pfizer shareholders. ... So Pfizer and the feds cut a deal. Instead of charging Pfizer with a crime, prosecutors would charge a Pfizer subsidiary, Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. Inc. ... As a result, Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. Inc., the subsidiary, was excluded from Medicare without ever having sold so much as a single pill. And Pfizer was free to sell its products to federally funded health programs.' IBM may have cast the mold for this sort of thing in its 1970s antitrust case, but the recurrence of similar cases speaks to ongoing concerns for legal systems."
Re:Money is power (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Thomas Jefferson said it best: (Score:1, Funny)
You can spot most of them pretty easily, they have the (R) after their name.
They breed Ronald McDonalds in southern states?
Ronald McDonald has an (R) as its a registered trademark.
Ronald McDonald (as a clown) is taken just as seriously as who you meant.
Ronald McDonald is a mouthpiece for corporate greed and gluttony.
Ronald McDonald is out of touch with what the people want.
Re:Thomas Jefferson said it best: (Score:3, Funny)
What if you can't tell the difference? Seems plausible to me, what with lobbyists writing legislation in addition to government takeovers...maybe we ought to tell our fearless leaders (or their corporate masters) to pick one strategy so we can label it a little more easily.