In this case, it has to do with how they're classified under Delaware law as a corporate entity.

I'm not a lawyer (I don't even play one on TV, damn you Odenkirk) so I can't tell you what that means as far as case law for companies getting punished for behaving badly, but in this case, there is supposedly some sort of legal backing for the classification.

Laws are words with zero meaning if they go unenforced.

Politicians are not interested in assuring such.

Public is busy arguing semantics online; they are not interested in assuring such.