r/lastweektonight 14d ago

McKinsey & Company agrees to pay $650 million to settle federal probe over opioids work

https://apnews.com/article/mckinsey-justice-department-criminal-penalty-opioids-crisis-d47d1bc1c4e14288927c2aea2369b789
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u/StagTheNag 14d ago

if they’re willing to settle for that much imagine how much money they earn outside of this spotlight

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u/Fin745 14d ago

We really need to stop these freaking settlements, people need to go to jail for a very long time!

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u/ParaUniverseExplorer 14d ago

Gotta ask: wasn’t this overturned yesterday by Ohio’s SC? That none of these people will see a penny?

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u/theduncan 14d ago

This was the federal investigation they settled.

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u/thedatsun78 13d ago

South African government also just sued them. Pure evil these folks. I bet the execs are private jetting all over the pace

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u/gaberwash 11d ago

I think it’s the clients of McK that are the abhorrent ones. McK just counsels them.