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>The 53-year-old Canadian was sentenced to 40 months in prison in the US and instructed to cough up $14.5 million for his involvement in the group.

Bankruptcy worked for the Sackler Family, and they where involved with many deaths due to overdoses. But break DRM, you are in the hole for the rest of your life and you get Jail time.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/30/business/sackler-purdue-opioi...

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Too big to jail. One must commit crimes large or legitimized enough while not targeting other connected rich people as did Madoff and SBF. Trump, Cheney, Kissinger, Epstein, and most of Wall St. and corporate America.

Or perhaps he had a bad lawyer.

Large (capable) law firms would not want to associate themselves with the underdog in this case. Either because they want to avoid conflict of interest, or confidentiality matters as they likely already have an ongoing relationship with the company initiating the lawsuit. Or simply that the bigger guy paid them to "counsel" and now they have to recuse themselves due to this "relationship".

The smaller guy also likely isn't rich enough to pay for a major law firm either. The game is stacked completely against the individuals going solo against the megacorps. There is no way to win.

The worst law firm in this country in my eyes is K&L Gates. A black executive known for speaking up on racism, sexism, etc# went a bit too far when he blew the whistle on a large cybersecurity incident.

He wound up in jail for making threats.

The whole thing was a sham.

It's frightening to think about but one man at the helm of a major law firm has more power and influence in changing policy than any one elected official in washington.

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