[qq66]

If well-phrased heartfelt apologies got companies off the hook legally, there would be even less corporate accountability than there is today. I don't know the details of this case, but apologies and explanations after the fact shouldn't be a factor in deciding civil judgments.

[yuhong]

That being said, I do wish the practice of "neither admit or deny wrongdoing" wasn't standard in class action settlements etc. eg. the employee poaching scandal