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yes....that's what's crazy: why? Not sure the why folks are confused about folks being confused about this.

There must be some logical reason they would pay out close to 50x the demanded payout, but none of us for the life of us can imagine why beyond shielding personal liability. So, why is that possible?



It’s not only personal liability - surely Zuckerberg and Sandberg being deposed would be a liability for Facebook as well.


Or maybe it would be a long overdue cleanup


Perhaps precedent. The difference between Facebook as a firm being liable for everything that has happened or will happen, vs an individual being liable?




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