“With his million-dollar company belly-up for a product he still believes is safe, Zucker took out online ads lampooning the nanny-state regulatory mentality. ‘Coconuts: tasty fruit or deadly sky ballistic?’ read one. ‘Stairways: are they really worth the risk?’ Zucker’s company was one of a dozen selling high-powered magnets that faced sanctions from the commission, but it was the only one of three named in the suit that voluntarily went out of business. And now, Zucker is the only individual being pursued personally for a financial judgment that could top $50 million to pay for the recall. Zucker believes it is because he taunted his regulatory tormentors.”
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/20/buckyballs-magnate-says-feds-took-him-down-for-speaking-out/