Is this a large chunk of change? Is this still in the slaps on wrists or where does it stand?

Yeah.

So, this $219 billion is based on the judge award the total possible penalty that he could.

So, under the law, the statute says that if you find a willful violation that you can award up to $5,000 per violation.

He said, this was willful, I'm going to award that total amount.

And that's where you multiply that by 43 million violations, you get that $219 billion.

That's a gargantuan amount.

What has that approach looked like? How does this outcome compare with what other states walked away with in the end? Were those settlements or losses entirely? And any insight into why or how, I guess, New Mexico has chosen to go it alone?

Is this a large chunk of change? Is this still in the slaps on wrists or where does it stand?

Yeah.

So, this $219 billion is based on the judge award the total possible penalty that he could.

So, under the law, the statute says that if you find a willful violation, that you can award up to $5,000 per violation.

He said, this was willful, I'm going to award that total amount.

And that's where you get the...

You multiply that by... 43 million violations, you get that $219 billion.

What has that approach looked like? How does this outcome compare with what other states walked away with in the end? Were those settlements or losses entirely? And any insight into why or how, I guess, New Mexico has chosen to go it alone?

Is this a large chunk of change? Is this still in the slaps on wrists or where does it stand?

Yeah.

So, this $219 billion is based on the judge award the total possible penalty that he could.

So, under the law, the statute says that if you find a willful violation that you can award up to $5,000 per violation.

He said, this was willful, I'm going to award that total amount.

And that's where you multiply that by 43 million violations, you get that $219 billion.

That's a gargantuan amount.

What has that approach looked like? How does this outcome compare with what other states walked away with in the end? Were those settlements or losses entirely? And any insight into why or how, I guess, New Mexico has chosen to go it alone?

Is this a large chunk of change? Is this still in the slaps on wrists or where does it stand?

Yeah.

So, this $219 billion is based on the judge award the total possible penalty that he could.

So, under the law, the statute says that if you find a willful violation that you can award up to $5,000 per violation.

He said, this was willful, I'm going to award that total amount.

And that's where you multiply that by 43 million violations.

You get that $219 billion.

What has that approach looked like? How does this outcome compare with what other states walked away with in the end? Were those settlements or losses entirely? And any insight into why or how, I guess, New Mexico has chosen to go it alone?

Is this a large chunk of change? Is this still in the slaps on wrists or where does it stand?

Yeah.

So, this $219 billion is based on the judge award the total possible penalty that he could.

So, under the law, the statute says that if you find a willful violation that you can award up to $5,000 per violation.

He said, this was willful, I'm going to award that total amount.

And that's where you multiply that by 43 million violations, you get that $219 billion.

That's a gargantuan amount.

What has that approach looked like? How does this outcome compare with what other states walked away with in the end? Were those settlements or losses entirely? And any insight into why or how, I guess, New Mexico has chosen to go it alone?

Is this a large chunk of change? Is this still in the slaps on wrists or where does it stand?

Yeah.

So, this $219 billion is based on the judge award the total possible penalty that he could.

So, under the law, the statute says that if you find a willful violation that you can award up to $5,000 per violation.

He said, this was willful, I'm going to award that total amount.

And that's where you multiply that by 43 million violations.

You get that $219 billion.

What has that approach looked like? How does this outcome compare with what other states walked away with in the end? Were those settlements or losses entirely? And any insight into why or how, I guess, New Mexico has chosen to go it alone?