I’m not sure why you’re bringing up data breaches, which are totally unrelated to antitrust law. Data breaches are also difficult to sue over in the US, as there’s no law specifically requiring companies to implement security measures or imposing penalties for being breached, although some lawsuits based on common law “reasonable care” claims have gone forward [1].
Anyway, in this case, it looks like the FTC did not seek monetary relief (not sure why), but they sought and received an injunction basically ordering Qualcomm to stop doing what they were doing, with compliance and monitoring procedures to enforce it. That’s not as dramatic as a financial penalty would have been, but the stock hit suggests that Qualcomm nevertheless will suffer as a result.
Anyway, in this case, it looks like the FTC did not seek monetary relief (not sure why), but they sought and received an injunction basically ordering Qualcomm to stop doing what they were doing, with compliance and monitoring procedures to enforce it. That’s not as dramatic as a financial penalty would have been, but the stock hit suggests that Qualcomm nevertheless will suffer as a result.
[1] https://wp.nyu.edu/compliance_enforcement/2019/03/06/the-ris...