DOJ Closing Abbott Labs Case Spurs Wider Corporate Crime Retreat

(news.bloomberglaw.com)

72 points | by petethomas 3 hours ago ago

17 comments

  • josefritzishere an hour ago

    The administration seems to be pro-crime, which is very problematic.

    • vannevar an hour ago

      Given that the President is a convicted felon who maintains that what he did was fine, and that he has pardoned thousands of unrepentant criminals, and that the vast majority of his party enthusiastically endorsed all this, I would say "pro-crime" is an understatement.

      • Kapura an hour ago

        _strongly_ pro-crime

        • br0ceph 38 minutes ago

          on a daily basis the current US president commits treason against the people of the united states, which im pretty sure even presidential immunity doesnt protect against. Just one of the shady dealings with foreign monarchies, laudering their bribes directly to the president thru billion dollar purchases of worthless crypto "assets" ala world liberty financial; should land the president and his entire family in capital punishment

          • ourmandave 11 minutes ago

            When you view it through the lens of Graft First, everything makes sense. All the seeming stupidity, ineptitude, and hypocrisy is just to make a buck.

            Governing doesn't even appear to be an afterthought.

            I still haven't figured out how he's profiting from Trump Accounts yet. Kick backs I suppose.

    • sandworm101 29 minutes ago

      Pro rich people crimes. They remain very much against poor people who break the law.

  • eunos an hour ago

    > criminal case against Abbott Laboratories over contaminated baby formula

    In Communist China they would be shot

    • ourmandave 8 minutes ago

      They also disappear you for selling books critical of the Party, so it's a two edged katana.

      Ex-HK bookseller Lam Wing-kee, detained by China in 2015, dies in Taiwan at 70

      https://www.npr.org/2026/07/03/g-s1-131904/ex-hk-bookseller-...

    • pavel_lishin an hour ago

      Hey, here in America, sometimes CEOs get shot as well.

      • JumpCrisscross 13 minutes ago

        > here in America, sometimes CEOs get shot as well

        No, they don't. The UnitedHealth dude who got shot had a CEO title, but Thompson was ultimately a middle manager.

        The actual CEO of UnitedHealth Group–the one who signs off on its financial statements and fields quarterly calls–and the billionaire owners were fine.

      • Kapura an hour ago

        not by the state, however. important distinction.

        • morkalork an hour ago

          Now that justice by official channels is closed, one wonders if a grieving parent will seek it out by unofficial means

          • garyfirestorm 34 minutes ago

            Parents could file a class action? RICO? How is this any different from organized crime?

  • tracker1 6 minutes ago

    This is just more than a little fucked up... I think we've "limited" liability way too much in terms of corporations... it's the investors that are meant to be protected, executives and board members are not meant to be immune. And I do think in the worst cases, the death penalty should be on the table.

    edit: to be clear, IMO, corporate power is an expression of govt power, which should be minimized.