[smorgusofborg]

The smart company goes along with the conspiracy but records everything and then they rat and turn over the evidence. They screw employees and their competitors and get exempted from the fine. In theory, they could collect a portion of the fines that their competition pays as whistleblower comp.

[kelnos]

Sure, but if the competition finds out they did this, they could then band together to destroy this "smart company's" business. Which also might be illegal, but by the time the wheels of justice turn, it might be too late for that business.