Not telling people about harmful side-effects that they don’t ask about wasn’t considered fraud when all the food companies failed to inform the public about Trans Fats, as far as I can tell. At the least, their management don’t seem to be going to jail over it. Not even the cigarette executives are generally concerned about prison time.
Not telling people about harmful side-effects that they don’t ask about wasn’t considered fraud when all the food companies failed to inform the public about Trans Fats, as far as I can tell. At the least, their management don’t seem to be going to jail over it. Not even the cigarette executives are generally concerned about prison time.
That’s because of the legal principle of ex post facto, not because it isn’t coercion.