Re: Anything truly new here?
"It is fascinating to me that the big companies get railed on for using these shell companies for avoiding tax liability, but become heros when they use it for avoiding data production liability"
It makes sense to me -- companies avoiding "data production liability" are benefiting their users, where avoiding tax liability is not.
"The fact that a bill is finally being created that formalizes this observation should hardly be surprising to commenters here."
I haven't seen any expression of surprise, only disgust.