Oh, yeah, no, I totally get why a serious lawsuit against Facebook execs would be on-topic for HN! I'm more asking, doesn't Facebook see a lawsuit like this like once a quarter?
This suit is regarding a privacy order they failed to meet and the investors claim this led to the Cambridge Analytics affair. Not a once a quarter repeat event.
If by "break a law" you mean "commit an unlawful act", including colorably reneging on contracts or committing torts as well as violating regulations and committing crimes, then yes, I think every major corporation in America does thats several times a quarter.
But, yeah, the $8B in question hardly seems existential to FB.