> So companies can flout the law for years, making massive profits, and continue to do so for as long as they can string along an appeal process? Seems like a p

> So companies can flout the law for years, making massive profits, and continue to do so for as long as they can string along an appeal process? Seems like a pretty nice loophole. Actually, they may yet receive a hefty fine. The court ruled on the principle: now, each lower jurisdictions may take action based on that principle.