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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Euphemism for "I'm guilty, but not willing to admit it"  |
Clearly you have never been sued by a company with unlimited resources (such as the government). When I practiced law, one of the important considerations was weighing how much it would cost to fight versus to settle. If the cost to fight was so much greater than to settle, one settled regardless of whether they were right or wrong.
Settled is NOT an "euphemism for 'I'm guilty, but not willing to admit it'." In the case of a business, it is the application of business sense.
BTW, I don't see you chastising the DOJ for having agreed to settle on those terms. If the DOJ's case was so strong, it could have insisted on an admission of guilt as part of the settlement or gone to trial. It is just as reasonable to believe that the settlement terms demonstrate how weak the DOJ's case was and that the DOJ felt it was better to get something than nothing.