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| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry  | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $790,000 |
| Celestica | Onex | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,700,000 |
| Foster Poultry Farms | Atlas Holdings | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,500,000 |
| Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $38,000,000 |
| Michaels Stores | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,300,000 |
| 99 Cents Only | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-state | $3,200,000 |
| Dollar Financial | Lone Star Funds | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $5,800,000 |
| Guitar Center | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $2,900,000 |
| Gymboree | Bain Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $2,275,000 |
| Barnes & Noble | Elliott Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $10,000,000 |
| AnnTaylor Stores | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $6,500,000 |
| 99 Cents Only | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2004 | private lawsuit-state | $4,900,000 |
| CKE Restaurants | Roark Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2004 | private lawsuit-state | $9,000,000 |
| CEC Entertainment | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2004 | private lawsuit-state | $4,240,000 |
| Petco Animal Supplies | CVC Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-state | $2,500,000 |
| Jo-Ann Stores | Leonard Green & Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-state | $6,500,000 |
| Alcoa Inc. (now Arconic) | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | employment discrimination | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,482,000 |
| Lufkin Industries | KPS Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | employment discrimination | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $11,661,629 |
| Waukesha Engines | Advent International | private equity (including portfolio companies) | employment discrimination | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,115,000 |
| Tropicana Products | PAI Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | employment discrimination | 2002 | private lawsuit-state | $816,815 |
| Corporate Express | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | employment discrimination | 2002 | private lawsuit-state | $2,900,000 |
| Jenny Craig Inc. | H.I.G. Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,650,000 |
| Corepower Yoga LLC | TSG Consumer Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,650,000 |
| Jamba Juice Company | Roark Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-state | $1,950,000 |
| Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,400,000 |
| JohnsonDiversey Inc. | Bain Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | benefit plan administrator violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,250,000 |
| Calpine Corporation | Energy Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | benefit plan administrator violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,200,000 |
| Briggs & Stratton Corporation | KPS Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | benefit plan administrator violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,950,000 |
| Federal-Mogul Corporation | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | benefit plan administrator violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,000,000 |
| Ferro Corp. | American Securities LLC | private equity (including portfolio companies) | benefit plan administrator violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,000,000 |
| Moneygram International, Inc. | Madison Dearborn Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | benefit plan administrator violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,500,000 |
| Tower Automotive | KPS Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | benefit plan administrator violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,700,000 |
| Beverly Enterprises Inc. | Fillmore Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | benefit plan administrator violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,250,000 |
| Cushman & Wakefield National Corporation | TPG Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | employment discrimination | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,275,000 |
| Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. | CVC Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | employment screening violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,200,000 |
| Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | employment screening violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $155,000 |
| CEC Entertainment, Inc. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | employment screening violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,750,500 |
| Res-Care, Inc. | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | employment screening violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $840,000 |
| Mantech International Corporation | Carlyle Group | private equity (including portfolio companies) | employment screening violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $730,000 |
| Multi-Color Corporation | Clayton Dubilier & Rice | private equity (including portfolio companies) | employment screening violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $355,000 |
| Brinderson Constructors, Inc. | New Mountain Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | employment screening violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,500,000 |
| CorePower Yoga, LLC | TSG Consumer Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,492,500 |
| Petsmart, Inc. | BC Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,420,000 |
| Air Methods Corporation | American Securities LLC | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,026,204 |
| Sonic Corp. | Roark Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,325,000 |
| ADT, LLC | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Barnes And Noble, Inc. | Elliott Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $910,000 |
| Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. | CVC Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,300,000 |
| Shutterfly Inc. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-state | $6,750,000 |
| Neiman Marcus Group, LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,600,000 |
| PPL Montana | Riverstone Holdings | private equity (including portfolio companies) | water pollution violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $8,000,000 |
| Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. | American Securities LLC | private equity (including portfolio companies) | environmental violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,250,000 |
| Apollo Global Management | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | WARN Act violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000 |
| Sonic Corp. | Roark Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,700,000 |
| Yahoo Inc. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $117,500,000 |
| Kronos Inc. | Hellman & Friedman | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $15,276,277 |
| 1-800 Contacts Inc. | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $15,100,000 |
| Akzo Nobel | Carlyle Group | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2001 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,500,000 |
| Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Inc. | Carlyle Group | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $14,900,000 |
| Akzo Nobel Inc. | Carlyle Group | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $23,380,000 |
| Akzo Nobel Inc. | Carlyle Group | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $675,000 |
| American Securities LLC | American Securities LLC | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $13,000,000 |
| American Securities LLC | American Securities LLC | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,200,000 |
| Arctic Glacier Inc. | Carlyle Group | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,500,000 |
| Bain Capital | Bain Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $54,000,000 |
| Blackstone Group L.P. | Blackstone | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $108,333,333 |
| Calsonic Kansei Corporation | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $11,121,840 |
| Calsonic Kansei Corporation | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,627,534 |
| Calsonic Kansei Corporation | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $120,115 |
| Calsonic Kansei Corporation | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,764,509 |
| Calsonic Kansei Corporation | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,980,000 |
| Calsonic Kansei Corporation | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,920,000 |
| Carlyle Group | Carlyle Group | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $115,000,000 |
| Ferro Corporation | American Securities LLC | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,500,000 |
| GEO Specialty Chemicals Inc. | Arsenal Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,796,800 |
| Hitachi Metals Ltd. | Bain Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $360,000 |
| Hitachi Metals Ltd. | Bain Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,140,000 |
| Hitachi Metals Ltd. | Bain Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,725,000 |
| Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. | KKR & Co. | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $108,333,333 |
| Neiman Marcus Group Inc. | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,437,500 |
| Reilly Industries Inc. | Wind Point Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,150,000 |
| Tenneco Inc. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,520,000 |
| Tenneco Inc. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,480,000 |
| Tenneco Inc. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,000,000 |
| TPG Capital, L.P. | TPG Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $108,333,333 |
| USALCO LLC | H.I.G. Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,100,000 |
| USALCO LLC | H.I.G. Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
| ADT LLC | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Aviva USA Corporation | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $185,250,000 |
| Yahoo Inc. | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $300,000 |
| Briggs & Stratton Corp. | KPS Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,500,000 |
| Naked Juice Co. | PAI Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,000,000 |
| Massage Envy Franchising, LLC | Roark Capital | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $11,000,000 |
| Staples, Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,950,000 |
| Staples, Inc. | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | consumer protection violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,000,000 |
| 99 Cents Only Stores LLC | Ares Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | benefit plan administrator violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $750,000 |
| PetSmart LLC | BC Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | privacy violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $562,943 |
| Cox Media Group | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $37,000,000 |
| Kinder Morgan | Kinder Morgan | pipelines | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,200,000 |
| Sunoco Inc. | Energy Transfer | pipelines | employment discrimination | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,500,000 |
| EL Paso Corporation | Kinder Morgan | pipelines | benefit plan administrator violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
