Was Settlement a No Choice for FB?Does it cost a company more to be found guilty of a lawsuit if tried and found guilty in criminal court? Or does having a criminal record mean have negative revenue effects? Would financial cost be same in either case? Quoting from an article re FB facing couple antitrust lawsuits. Made me wonder if the BB lawsuit had criminal implications and why a deal was cut after reading this:
With no criminal charges in the lawsuit there is no incentive for Facebook to cut a deal, argues George Hay, who teaches antitrust at Cornell University law school. He also predicted the case would take years of litigation.