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laughing_man ◴[] No.43801401[source]
Less than a quarter million dollars. That might be enough to motivate your local car wash, but Amazon Japan?
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1. Delk ◴[] No.43802262[source]
Looks like it's damages and not a fine. Also, I don't know the Japanese system but lots of jurisdictions don't have a US-style concept of punitive damages. So the sum is probably what it is because it's intended to compensate those particular plaintiffs for demonstrable damages rather than to deter Amazon.