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  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | miscellaneous services | benefit plan administrator violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,100,000 |
| Hercules Inc. | Ashland Global Holdings | chemicals | benefit plan administrator violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,037,500 |
| Charter Communications | Charter Communications | telecommunications | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,000,000 |
| United Parcel Service | United Parcel Service | freight and logistics | wage and hour violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-state | $18,000,000 |
| Coast National Insurance | Zurich Insurance | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-state | $18,000,000 |
| Starbucks | Starbucks | restaurants and foodservice | wage and hour violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,000,000 |
| Mohawk Industries | Mohawk Industries | housewares and home furnishings | work visa violations | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,000,000 |
| Backgroundchecks.com | employment screening violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,000,000 | ||
| University of California | University of California | miscellaneous services | employment discrimination | 2003 | private lawsuit-state | $18,000,000 |
| Conagra Foods | ConAgra Brands | food products | wage and hour violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,000,000 |
| Societe Generale | Societe Generale | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,000,000 |
| Weyerhaeuser Company | Weyerhaeuser | building materials | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,000,000 |
| AT&T Mobility LLC | AT&T | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,000,000 |
| Bank of the West | Bank of Montreal | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,000,000 |
| A Place for Rover Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,000,000 | ||
| Sysco | Sysco | wholesalers | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-state | $17,995,000 |
| Dynegy, Inc. | Vistra Energy | utilities and power generation | benefit plan administrator violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,900,000 |
| Volkswagen Group of America | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,900,000 |
| UBS AG | UBS | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,900,000 |
| Agility Holdings, Inc. | Agility | freight and logistics | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,800,000 |
| Barclays Bank PLC | Barclays | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,750,000 |
| Sanderson Farms Inc. | Wayne-Sanderson Farms | food products | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,750,000 |
| Packaging Corporation of America | Packaging Corporation of America | paper and packaging | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,600,000 |
| Sears | Sears | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,500,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | employment discrimination | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,500,000 |
| Wells Fargo & Company | Wells Fargo | financial services | benefit plan administrator violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,500,000 |
| Tyco Fire Products LP | Johnson Controls | automotive parts | PFAS violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,500,000 |
| Panasonic Corp. | Panasonic | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,500,000 |
| Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. | Sumitomo Group | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,500,000 |
| Sprint Nextel Corporation | T-Mobile US | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,500,000 |
| Tenneco Inc. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,480,000 |
| 24 Hour Fitness | 24 Hour Fitness | miscellaneous services | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,448,500 |
| Ford Motor Co. | Ford Motor | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,400,000 |
| Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd | Sun Pharmaceuticals | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,357,000 |
| PG&E | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $17,250,000 |
| Standard Chartered Bank | Standard Chartered | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,200,000 |
| Aetna, Inc. | CVS Health | retailing | privacy violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,161,200 |
| Kemper Corp. | Kemper | financial services | privacy violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,100,000 |
| Panasonic Corp. | Panasonic | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,100,000 |
| AT&T Services | AT&T | telecommunications | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| Walgreen Co. | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | employment discrimination | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| Philips North America LLC | Royal Philips | diversified | benefit plan administrator violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | UnitedHealth Group | healthcare services | benefit plan administrator violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| EL Paso Corporation | Kinder Morgan | pipelines | benefit plan administrator violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| Vizio, Inc. | Vizio Inc. | electrical and electronic equipment | privacy violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| Humana Inc. | Humana | healthcare services | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| Tronox Worldwide LLC | Tronox | chemicals | environmental violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| Bank of America N.A. | Bank of America | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| Georgia Pacific Corporation | Koch Industries | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| International Paper Company | International Paper | paper and packaging | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| Pilkington North America Inc. | Nippon Sheet Glass | miscellaneous manufacturing | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| Union Camp Corporation | International Paper | paper and packaging | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| Weyerhaeuser Company | Weyerhaeuser | building materials | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| DirecTV | AT&T | telecommunications | privacy violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| Guardian Industries Corp. | Koch Industries | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,900,000 |
| DirecTV LLC | AT&T | telecommunications | privacy violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,850,000 |
| TK Holdings Trust | Ningbo Joyson Electronic | automotive parts | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,800,000 |
| Kellogg Company | Kellanova | food products | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,750,000 |
| Northrop Grumman Corporation | Northrop Grumman | aerospace and military contracting | benefit plan administrator violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,750,000 |
| Ferring B.V. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,750,000 | ||
| McWane Inc. | McWane | miscellaneous manufacturing | employment discrimination | 2017 | private lawsuit-state | $16,673,514 |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,666,667 |
| Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-state | $16,650,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | Wells Fargo | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,600,000 |
| Bob Evans Farms | Post Holdings | food products | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,500,000 |
| Kindred Healthcare | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,500,000 |
| Caterpillar Inc. | Caterpillar Inc. | heavy equipment | benefit plan administrator violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,500,000 |
| XPO Logistics, Inc. | XPO Logistics | freight and logistics | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,500,000 |
| PAM Transport Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,500,000 | ||
| GreatBanc Trust Co. et al. | benefit plan administrator violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,500,000 | ||
| Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd. | Mitsubishi Chemical | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,500,000 |
| Panasonic Corp. | Panasonic | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,500,000 |
| Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. | AbbVie | pharmaceuticals | consumer protection violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,500,000 |
| Apple Inc. | Apple Inc. | electrical and electronic equipment | consumer protection violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-state | $16,500,000 |
| University of California | University of California | miscellaneous services | employment discrimination | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,441,253 |
| Consumers Union | privacy violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,375,000 | ||
| PNC Bank | PNC Financial Services | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Costco | Costco | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $16,000,000 |
| Kroger Company | Kroger | retailing | employment discrimination | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | employment discrimination | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| SBC Pension Benefit Plan-Nonbargained Program | AT&T | telecommunications | benefit plan administrator violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Delta Airlines, Inc. | Delta Air Lines | airlines | benefit plan administrator violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| ADT, LLC | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd. | Daicel | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| FFP Holdings, LLC | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 | ||
| Mohawk Industries, Inc. | Mohawk Industries | housewares and home furnishings | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Purdue Pharma L.P. | Purdue Pharma | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Sherwin-Williams Company | Sherwin-Williams | paints and coatings | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Tong Yang Industry Co., Ltd. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 | ||
| ADT LLC | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Assurant Inc. | Assurant | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Comcast Corporation | Comcast | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| HSBC Bank USA, N.A. | HSBC | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Kraft Heinz Food Company | Kraft Heinz | food products | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Navy Federal Credit Union | Navy Federal Credit Union | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Zicam LLC and Matrixx Initiatives Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 | ||
| Sony Pictures Entertainment | Sony | electrical and electronic equipment | privacy violation | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| United States Sugar Corporation | U.S. Sugar | food products | benefit plan administrator violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $15,900,000 |
| Koch Industries | Koch Industries | diversified | benefit plan administrator violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $15,900,000 |
| Matco Tools Corporation | Vontier Corporation | miscellaneous manufacturing | wage and hour violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $15,846,423 |
