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The Informant!
2009 · Film · 108 min
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.
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I chucked because it reminded me of the Steven Soderbergh movie with Matt Damon, "The Informant!"
There’s definitely precedent for public companies (even international ones!) colluding to artificially increase prices in a sector. Also a hilarious movie with Matt Damon.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysine_price-fixing_conspiracy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Informant!
It's not tangential at all. Depends on jurisdiction and policy by prosecuting authorities. Could be smaller fine, to complete immunity. I'm not familiar with American case law but I remember seeing that Matt Damon film "The Informant" that is based on a true story. The whistleblower (Matt Damon) was going to get complete immunity as he was the first to tell the FBI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysine_price-fixing_conspiracy. He ended up having his immunity rescinded for other reasons.
What are you talking about? Egg producers reported that avian flu affected supply, so they made employees wear, "hair nets ... changed several times per day"?
Watch the movie The Informant. It's a true story and we only know it happened because one guy was trying not to go to jail. What's happening now is nothing new.
The movie The Informant! illustrates how this kind of thing might happen.
I'm very curious to hear what the biologists think about this result.
In a related vein, the post reminds me of the movie "The Informant" about Mark Whitacre, an ADM executive, who was caught up in a price fixing scandal involving lysine and citric acid. It seems like a quiet, stable corner of the food business, but maybe we should be paying more attention.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130080/plotsummary
This reminds me of the movie "The Informant". Good movie.
That's about all I have to contribute to this conversation.
For a movie that hews startlingly close to that narrative, check out "The Informant!" starring Matt Damon and directed by Steven Soderbergh. I'm also not surprised Lawrence would be drawn to the role, it seems in line with what she does well: strong female characters. They're not always likable characters (for example, in "American Hustle"), and it also shouldn't be a surprise when an actor expands into different kinds of roles.
Not to mention their disgusting history. I read the book "The Informant" (unlike the movie, not a comedy) about this whole situation and they were some disgusting people. However, crime is a lot easier when "[d]uring the 1992 election, Andreas gave more than $1.4 million in soft money and $345,000 to individual candidates".*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_Daniels_Midland#Price_fixing *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Andreas