News of the day...
News of the day...
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Judge rules against Johnson & Johnson in landmark opioid case in Oklahoma
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/26/…
Half a Billion dollar fine... BUT... "The fine was significantly less than the penalties sought by Oklahoma, sending J&J’s stock up by more than 5% in post-market trading after the verdict was read."
- Stocks are up...shareholders rejoice...Greed is Good!utopian
- 1/2 billion is pocket change for themKrassy
- It’s just the beginning.monospaced
- Original financial settlement was pegged to be around $17B. Still pocket change though, but sets enormous precedent.noRGB
- Was anyone jailed for this? Bunch of wanks must be laughing at all the junkies they've made.PhanLo
- Take notes el chapo et al, this is the way you run a drug cartel._niko
- "For the fiscal year 2017, Johnson & Johnson reported earnings of US$15.3 billion, with an annual revenue of US$81.6 billion, an increase of 6.7%"...ideaist
- ~ https://en.wikipedia…ideaist
- Hopefully
monospaced is correct and these corporate juggernauts start to feel the financial pain(s) of the common man/woman/child.ideaist - couldn't find info on what opioid drug(s) they deal in_niko
- ^ J&J only accounted for 1% of opioid sales in OklahomaGnash
- They make Duragesic and NucyntaGnash