Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the current parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent  | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Merchant Services LLC | Wells Fargo | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $40,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo N.A. | Wells Fargo | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | Wells Fargo | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $81,700,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | Wells Fargo | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,600,000 |
| Welch Foods Inc. | Welch Foods | food products | consumer protection violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,500,000 |
| Welch Foods Inc. | Welch Foods | food products | consumer protection violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $30,000,000 |
| Wisconsin Electric Power Company | WEC Energy Group | utilities and power generation | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,236,231 |
| WEC Energy Group | WEC Energy Group | utilities and power generation | benefit plan administrator violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,000,000 |
| Weatherford International | Weatherford International | oilfield services and supplies | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000 |
| Wayne Farms LLC | Wayne-Sanderson Farms | food products | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,375,000 |
| Sanderson Farms | Wayne-Sanderson Farms | food products | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,120,000 |
| Sanderson Farms Inc. | Wayne-Sanderson Farms | food products | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,750,000 |
| Wawa | Wawa Inc. | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $370,000 |
| Wawa, Inc. | Wawa Inc. | retailing | benefit plan administrator violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $25,000,000 |
| Wawa Inc. | Wawa Inc. | retailing | privacy violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,000,000 |
| Watts Regulator Company | Watts Water Technologies Inc. | miscellaneous manufacturing | product safety violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $14,000,000 |
| Watts Water Technologies, Inc. | Watts Water Technologies Inc. | miscellaneous manufacturing | product safety violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $23,000,000 |
| Waste Management | Waste Management Inc. | waste management and environmental services | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-state | $15,000,000 |
| Waste Management | Waste Management Inc. | waste management and environmental services | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-state | $7,000,000 |
| Waste Management Holdings Inc. | Waste Management Inc. | waste management and environmental services | benefit plan administrator violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,000,000 |
| Waste Management of Pennsylvania Inc. | Waste Management Inc. | waste management and environmental services | environmental violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,000,000 |
| Waste Management of Washingon Inc. | Waste Management Inc. | waste management and environmental services | environmental violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $1,220,000 |
| Waste Connections | Waste Connections Inc. | waste management and environmental services | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $900,000 |
| Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership | Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. | media | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $995,000 |
| Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership | Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. | media | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,632,883 |
| Time Warner Entertainment | Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. | media | employment discrimination | 2000 | private lawsuit-federal | $244,500 |
| Carmike Cinemas Inc. | Wanda Group | real estate | employment discrimination | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,050,790 |
| ABC Television | Walt Disney | entertainment | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $225,000 |
| Fox Searchlight Pictures | Walt Disney | entertainment | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $344,415 |
| Fox Entertainment Group | Walt Disney | entertainment | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $110,415 |
| Walt Disney Pictures | Walt Disney | entertainment | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-state | $700,000 |
| Lucasfilm Ltd. and Pixar | Walt Disney | entertainment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,000,000 |
| Walt Disney Parks And Resorts U.S., Inc. | Walt Disney | entertainment | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,000,000 |
| Blue Sky Studios Inc. | Walt Disney | entertainment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,950,000 |
| Walt Disney Company | Walt Disney | entertainment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $100,000,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $800,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $60,800,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-state | $242,000,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $400,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,450,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $86,000,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $40,000,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $85,000,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $152,000,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal/state | $640,000,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $54,000,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | employment discrimination | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $236,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | employment discrimination | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $262,684 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | employment discrimination | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,500,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | employment discrimination | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,500,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | employment discrimination | 2010 | private lawsuit-state | $695,654 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | Walmart | retailing | benefit plan administrator violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,500,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $65,000,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | Walmart | retailing | employment discrimination | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $14,000,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,700,000 |
| Walmart Inc. | Walmart | retailing | privacy violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-state | $10,000,000 |
| Walmart, Inc. | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,000,000 |
| Walmart Inc. | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-state | $5,900,000 |
| Walmart Inc. | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,000,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | Walmart | retailing | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $27,250,000 |
| Sam's Club West Inc. | Walmart | retailing | consumer protection violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000 |
| Walmart Inc. | Walmart | retailing | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,500,000 |
| Walmart Inc. | Walmart | retailing | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | Walmart | retailing | consumer protection violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | Walmart | retailing | consumer protection violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,170,000 |
| Duane Reade | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $13,500,000 |
| Walgreen | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $23,000,000 |
| Duane Reade | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,500,000 |
| Walgreen Co. | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | employment discrimination | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| Walgreen Co. | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-state | $15,000,000 |
| Walgreen Co. | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,150,000 |
| Walgreen Co. | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | privacy violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $11,000,000 |
| Walgreen Co. | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,500,000 |
| Walgreen Pharmacy Services Midwest, LLC | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,300,000 |
| Walgreen Co. | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,800,000 |
| Walgreen Co. | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | benefit plan administrator violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $13,750,000 |
| Walgreens/Direct Vision | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,000,000 |
| Walgreen Co. | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | consumer protection violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,400,000 |
| Walgreens Boot Alliance | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | consumer protection violation | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $44,000,000 |
| PRRC Inc. dba Price Rite | Wakefern Food | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,060,216 |
| W.W. Grainger | W.W. Grainger | wholesalers | wage and hour violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $715,000 |
| W.W. Grainger | W.W. Grainger | wholesalers | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,750,000 |
| ING Life Insurance & Annuity Co. | Voya Financial | financial services | benefit plan administrator violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $14,950,000 |
| ING Groep N.V. | Voya Financial | financial services | benefit plan administrator violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,500,000 |
| Vornado Realty Trust | Vornado Realty Trust | real estate | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $195,000 |
| Matco Tools Corporation | Vontier Corporation | miscellaneous manufacturing | wage and hour violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $15,846,423 |
| International Truck And Engine Corporation | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | employment discrimination | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,000,000 |
| Volkswagen AG | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | employment discrimination | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $995,000 |
| Volkswagen AG | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | air pollution violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $96,500,000 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | air pollution violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,600,000,000 |
| Volkswagen Group of America | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,000,000 |
| Volkswagen Group of America | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $57,300,000 |
| Navistar International Corporation | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $135,000,000 |
| Volkswagen Group of America | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | air pollution violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $10,033,000,000 |
| Volkswagen Group of America | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $43,000,000 |
| Porsche Cars North America Inc. | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $36,000,000 |
| Volkswagen Group of America | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,900,000 |
| Volkswagen AG | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | air pollution violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $80,000,000 |
| Volkswagen Group Of America, Inc. | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,050,000 |
| Vizio, Inc. | Vizio Inc. | electrical and electronic equipment | privacy violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| Vizio Inc. | Vizio Inc. | electrical and electronic equipment | consumer protection violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,346,340 |
