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  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Procter & Gamble Company | Procter & Gamble | household and personal care products | consumer protection violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
| Reckitt Benckiser LLC | Reckitt Benckiser | household and personal care products | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
| Hynix Semiconductor Inc. | SK Hynix | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $49,971,842 |
| Associated Aviation Underwriters | environmental violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $49,500,000 | ||
| American Express Co. | American Express | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $49,500,000 |
| Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | Deutsche Bank | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $48,500,000 |
| JTEKT Corporation | JTEKT | automotive parts | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $47,500,000 |
| Hitachi Automotive Systems Limited | Hitachi | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $46,740,000 |
| United Healthcare of Ohio Inc. | UnitedHealth Group | healthcare services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $46,250,000 |
| Solvay Chemicals Inc. | Solvay | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $46,000,000 |
| General Motors | General Motors | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,700,000 |
| UBS | UBS | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,000,000 |
| American Airlines | American Airlines | airlines | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,000,000 |
| Becton Dickinson & Company, Inc. | Becton Dickinson | medical equipment and supplies | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,000,000 |
| Golden Peanut Company LLC | Archer Daniels Midland | agribusiness | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,000,000 |
| Mitsubishi Corp. | Mitsubishi Corporation | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,000,000 |
| Panasonic Corp. | Panasonic | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,000,000 |
| Tanabe Seiyaku Co. Ltd. | Mitsubishi Chemical | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,000,000 |
| Avis Budget Group Inc. | Avis Budget Group | miscellaneous services | consumer protection violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | Wells Fargo | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $45,000,000 |
| DeVry University | Cogswell Education | miscellaneous services | consumer protection violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-state | $44,950,000 |
| Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. | Toyoda Gosei | automotive parts | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $44,840,000 |
| Elevate Credit Inc. et al. | consumer protection violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $44,530,000 | ||
| Louisiana-Pacific Corporation | Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | building materials | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $44,500,000 |
| Brinker International | Brinker International | restaurants and foodservice | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-state | $44,300,000 |
| UBS | UBS | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $44,000,000 |
| Walgreens Boot Alliance | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | consumer protection violation | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $44,000,000 |
| Mosaic Co. | Mosaic Co. | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $43,750,000 |
| Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. | Nutrien Ltd. | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $43,750,000 |
| Merrill Lynch | Bank of America | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $43,500,000 |
| NIBCO Inc. | product safety violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $43,500,000 | ||
| Varsity Brands LLC | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $43,500,000 | ||
| Volkswagen Group of America | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $43,000,000 |
| Cahill Gordon & Reindel | environmental violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,600,000 | ||
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,600,000 |
| Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. | Furukawa Electric | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,560,000 |
| Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,500,000 |
| Panasonic Corp. | Panasonic | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,500,000 |
| Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,000,000 |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,000,000 |
| Cheil Jedang Corporation | CJ Group | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,000,000 |
| HSBC Bank PLC | HSBC | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,000,000 |
| Smithfield Foods Inc. | WH Group | food products | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,000,000 |
| British Airways PLC | International Airlines Group | airlines | consumer protection violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,000,000 |
| Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. | Live Nation Entertainment | entertainment | consumer protection violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-state | $42,000,000 |
| Freeport-McMoran Inc. et al. | Freeport-McMoRan | mining and minerals | environmental violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,000,000 |
| Safeway Inc. | Albertsons Companies | retailing | consumer protection violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $41,884,767 |
| Greenberg Traurig LLP | consumer protection violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $41,150,000 | ||
| RadioShack | RadioShack | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $41,029,237 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $40,000,000 |
| Autoliv Inc. | Autoliv Inc. | automotive parts | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $40,000,000 |
| DairyAmerica, Inc. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $40,000,000 | ||
| Facebook Inc. | Meta Platforms Inc. | information technology | consumer protection violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $40,000,000 |
| Wells Fargo Merchant Services LLC | Wells Fargo | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $40,000,000 |
| Costa Del Mar Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $40,000,000 | ||
| Leggett & Platt Inc. | Leggett & Platt | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $39,800,000 |
| 3M Company | 3M Company | miscellaneous manufacturing | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $39,750,000 |
| Monsanto Company | Bayer | chemicals | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $39,550,000 |
| Boeing | Boeing | aerospace and military contracting | environmental violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-state | $39,500,000 |
| Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. | Samsung | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $39,500,000 |
| Target Corporation | Target | retailing | privacy violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $39,357,939 |
| USG Corporation | Knauf | building materials | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $39,250,000 |
| Prudential Insurance | Prudential Financial | financial services | benefit plan administrator violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $39,100,000 |
| Wachovia Securities | Wells Fargo | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $39,000,000 |
| LG Chem Ltd. | LG | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $39,000,000 |
| Merck & Co. | Merck | pharmaceuticals | consumer protection violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-state | $39,000,000 |
| Hitachi Displays, Ltd | Hitachi | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $38,977,224 |
| National Grid USA | National Grid | utilities and power generation | privacy violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $38,500,000 |
| Henry Schein, Inc. | Henry Schein | wholesalers | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $38,500,000 |
| Washington Mutual Bank | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $38,000,000 |
| Staples | Sycamore Partners Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $38,000,000 |
| 24 Hour Fitness | 24 Hour Fitness | miscellaneous services | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $38,000,000 |
| AU Optronics Corporation | AU Optronics | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2012 | 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. $38,000,000 |
| Deutsche Bank AG | Deutsche Bank | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $38,000,000 |
| Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. | Sumitomo Group | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $38,000,000 |
| Provide Commerce Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $38,000,000 | ||
| Forjas Taurus, S.A. | Taurus | miscellaneous manufacturing | product safety violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $37,995,000 |
| Nishikawa Rubber Co. | Nishikawa Rubber | automotive parts | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $37,620,000 |
| Merrill Lynch | Bank of America | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $37,000,000 |
| Hoechst AG | Sanofi | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | private lawsuit-federal | $37,000,000 |
| Cox Media Group | Apollo Global Management | private equity (including portfolio companies) | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $37,000,000 |
| Nippon Cargo Airlines Co. Ltd. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $36,550,000 | ||
| Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. | Toyo Tire & Rubber | automotive parts | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $36,100,000 |
| Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $36,000,000 |
| Lumber Liquidators Inc. | LL Flooring Holdings | housewares and home furnishings | product safety violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $36,000,000 |
| Thetford Corporation | product safety violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $36,000,000 | ||
| Porsche Cars North America Inc. | Volkswagen | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $36,000,000 |
| Six Flags Entertainment Corporation | Six Flags Entertainment | entertainment | privacy violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-state | $36,000,000 |
| E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | DuPont de Nemours | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $36,000,000 |
| Thomson Corp. | Thomson Reuters | information technology | consumer protection violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $36,000,000 |
| Equinox Holdings Inc. | Related Companies | real estate | wage and hour violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-state | $36,000,000 |
| NEC Electronics America Inc. | NEC Corp. | information technology | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,960,000 |
| Degussa AG | Evonik Industries | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,666,666 |
| Mitsui & Co. | Mitsui | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,666,666 |
| Rhone-Poulenc SA | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,666,666 | ||
| Family Dollar | Dollar Tree | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,576,059 |
| Toys R Us | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,500,000 | ||
| Cargolux Airlines International S.A. | Cargolux Airlines International S.A. | freight and logistics | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,100,000 |
| Ecolab | Ecolab | chemicals | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,000,000 |
| H&R Block | H&R Block | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $35,000,000 |
| Oracle | Oracle | information technology | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-state | $35,000,000 |
