[ungreased0675]

Big companies can just pay money to make antitrust cases go away?!?

[Zigurd]

Boeing paid money to make a criminal fraud prosecution go away. Then the law firm representing Boeing hired the DoJ lawyer who negotiated the deal, which cut the victims out of the negotiation, possibly in contravention of victims' rights.

Boeing then failed to comply with the agreement and allegedly crimed again within the term of their deferred prosecution agreement in the door plug incident. This all running concurrently with the outgoing CEO getting a $33M bonus.

So. Yeah.

[geysersam]

> Then the law firm representing Boeing hired the DoJ lawyer who negotiated the deal

Did I interpreted that correctly, did they bribe the DoJ lawyer?

[sundvor]

As evidenced, yes. This reeks of corruption to me.

[paulddraper]

Cheat code: If you pay damages demanded by the plantiff, you can make any civil case go away.

[anticensor]

Not always. Some parties (usually government departments, but sometimes private law entities too) are legally obligated to sue.

[andylei]

case would still happen, just without a jury (maybe)

[agravier]

I feel that the interrobang ‽ better conveys sarcastic exclamation.