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> I think they can

Certainly not. The courts would take a very dim view of that. You need to show through a series of regulatory interventions and escalating fines that you afforded those companies due process and that the fines are reasonable.

The maximum allowed under a law is virtually never reasonable in a first-time enforcement.



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