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Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
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Forjas Taurus, S.A. | Taurus | miscellaneous manufacturing | product safety violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $239,000,000 |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | Samsung | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $240,000,000 |
Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-state | $242,000,000 |
Rockwell International Corporation | environmental violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $243,750,000 | ||
News Corp. | News Corp. | media | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $244,000,000 |
Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd. | product safety violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $248,000,000 | ||
Bayer AG | Bayer | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $250,375,190 |
Royal Bank of Scotland Group | NatWest Group PLC | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $255,000,000 |
Christie's Inc. | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2001 | private lawsuit-federal | $256,000,000 | ||
Sotheby's Inc. | Sotheby's | miscellaneous services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2001 | private lawsuit-federal | $256,000,000 |
JPMorgan Chase | JPMorgan Chase | financial services | sexual exploitation of minors | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $290,000,000 |
PG&E Corp. | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $295,000,000 |
De Beers Group | Anglo American PLC | mining and minerals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $295,000,000 |
Stericycle Inc. | Stericycle | waste management and environmental services | consumer protection violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $295,000,000 |
Royal Ahold N.V. | Ahold Delhaize | retailing | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $297,000,000 |
Apple Inc. | Apple Inc. | electrical and electronic equipment | consumer protection violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $310,000,000 |
Hillenbrand Industries Inc. | Hillenbrand | miscellaneous manufacturing | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $316,000,000 |
Dominion Energy Inc. | Dominion Energy | utilities and power generation | consumer protection violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-state | $320,000,000 |
Murphy Oil USA Inc. | Murphy USA | retailing | environmental violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $330,126,000 |
Nissan North America Inc. | Nissan | motor vehicles | product safety violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $350,000,000 |
McKesson Corp. | McKesson | wholesalers | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $350,000,000 |
T-Mobile | T-Mobile US | telecommunications | privacy violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $350,000,000 |
International Paper | International Paper | paper and packaging | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $354,000,000 |
LG Display Co. Ltd. | LG | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | 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. $361,000,000 |
Western Union Co. | Western Union | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2000 | private lawsuit-federal | $375,000,000 |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | DuPont de Nemours | chemicals | product safety violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $377,000,000 |
Equifax Inc. | Equifax | miscellaneous services | privacy violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $380,500,000 |
Indivior Inc. | Indivior PLC | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $385,000,000 |
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | Wells Fargo | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $386,000,000 |
AmeriCredit Financial Services Inc. | General Motors | motor vehicles | consumer protection violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $388,000,000 |
Plain Green LLC et al. | consumer protection violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $395,903,000 | ||
Archer Daniels Midland Company | Archer Daniels Midland | agribusiness | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $400,000,000 |
BP West Coast Products LLC | BP | oil and gas | consumer protection violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-state | $409,000,000 |
Sequoia Capital et al. | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $433,050,000 | ||
University of Michigan | Michigan Medicine | healthcare services | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $490,000,000 |
Sears, Roebuck & Co. | Sears | retailing | product safety violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $500,000,000 |
Exxon Corporation | Exxon Mobil | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $507,500,000 |
Pacific Gas & Electric | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-state | $565,000,000 |
Wal-Mart Stores | Walmart | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal/state | $640,000,000 |
Meta Platforms Inc. | information technology | privacy violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $650,000,000 | |
Bayer AG | Bayer | chemicals | product safety violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $750,000,000 |
Fox Corp. | Fox Corporation | media | defamation | 2023 | private lawsuit-state | $787,500,000 |
Dow Chemical | Dow Inc. | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $835,000,000 |
Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin | Knauf | building materials | product safety violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,000,000,000 |
Mastercard International Inc. | MasterCard | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,025,000,000 |
U.S. Tobacco Co. | Altria | tobacco | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,050,000,000 |
Exxon Corporation | Exxon Mobil | oil and gas | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,075,000,000 |
Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft | information technology | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $1,100,000,000 |
Syngenta AG | ChemChina | chemicals | product safety violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,510,000,000 |
Visa USA | Visa | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,025,000,000 |
Mastercard International Inc. | MasterCard | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,100,000,000 |
South Carolina Electric & Gas | Dominion Energy | utilities and power generation | consumer protection violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-state | $2,200,000,000 |
Johnson & Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | pharmaceuticals | product safety violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000,000 |
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,670,000,000 | ||
Visa U.S.A. Inc. | Visa | financial services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,100,000,000 |
3M Company | 3M Company | miscellaneous manufacturing | product safety violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000,000 |
Johnson & Johnson | Johnson & Johnson | pharmaceuticals | product safety violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,900,000,000 |
Bayer | Bayer | chemicals | product safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,600,000,000 |