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  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | consumer protection violation | 2007 | CA-PUC | $35,000,000 |
| Allstate Insurance Co. | Allstate | financial services | insurance violation | 2005 | CA-INS | $34,000,000 |
| Recycling Service Alliance Corp. | False Claims Act and related | 2021 | CA-AG | $34,000,000 | ||
| Wells Fargo | Wells Fargo | financial services | mortgage abuses | 2010 | CA-AG | $33,868,615 |
| Comcast | Comcast | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2015 | CA-PUC | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $33,400,000 |
| CNA Insurance | Loews Corp. | diversified | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $33,000,000 |
| Comcast | Comcast | telecommunications | privacy violation | 2015 | CA-AG | $33,000,000 |
| Memorial Health Services | False Claims Act and related | 2020 | USAO | $31,500,000 | ||
| ClubCorp Holdings Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2023 | CA-AG | $31,250,000 | ||
| Fidelity National Title Insurance Company | Fidelity National Financial | financial services | consumer protection violation | 2002 | CA-AG | $31,148,320 |
| City National Bank | Royal Bank of Canada | financial services | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2023 | DOJ_RIGHTS | $31,000,000 |
| Shell Oil Company | Shell PLC | oil and gas | MTBE violation | 2003 | private lawsuit-state | $30,800,000 |
| Exxon Mobil | Exxon Mobil | oil and gas | MTBE violation | 2003 | private lawsuit-state | $30,800,000 |
| ChevronTexaco | Chevron | oil and gas | MTBE violation | 2003 | private lawsuit-state | $30,800,000 |
| Toshiba Corporation | Toshiba | electrical and electronic equipment | False Claims Act and related | 2000 | CA-AG | $30,130,000 |
| Countrywide Financial | Bank of America | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-state | $30,000,000 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | Bristol-Myers Squibb | pharmaceuticals | kickbacks and bribery | 2016 | CA-INS | $30,000,000 |
| Southern California Edison Company | Edison International | utilities and power generation | consumer protection violation | 2009 | CA-PUC | $30,000,000 |
| RadioShack | RadioShack | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-state | $29,900,000 |
| Lowe's Home Improvement Centers | Lowe's | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $29,500,000 |
| Levecke Corporation | tax violations | 2021 | ATTTB | $28,578,944 | ||
| Aaron's, Inc. | Aaron's | retailing | consumer protection violation | 2014 | CA-AG | $28,400,000 |
| Shell Oil Co. | Shell PLC | oil and gas | MTBE violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $28,000,000 |
| Home Depot U.S.A. | Home Depot | retailing | hazardous waste violation | 2018 | CA-AG | $27,840,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Walmart | retailing | hazardous waste violation | 2010 | CA-MULTI | $27,600,000 |
| Wells Fargo | Wells Fargo | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-state | $27,500,000 |
| Siebel Systems | Oracle | information technology | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $27,500,000 |
| Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company | Marathon Petroleum | oil and gas | air pollution violation | 2023 | EPA | $27,500,000 |
| Ecolab | Ecolab | chemicals | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $27,400,000 |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | Children's Hospital Los Angeles | healthcare services | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-state | $27,000,000 |
| San Diego Gas & Electric | Sempra Energy | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2012 | CA-SDCA | $27,000,000 |
| Avant Corp. | theft of trade secrets | 2001 | CA-SCCDA | $27,000,000 | ||
| SBC Communications | AT&T | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2002 | CA-PUC | $27,000,000 |
| Allergan | AbbVie | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2022 | CA-SFCA | $27,000,000 |
| Teva Parmaceuticals | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | pharmaceuticals | off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products | 2022 | CA-SFCA | $27,000,000 |
| CHEMOIL CORPORATION | Glencore | financial services | air pollution violation | 2016 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $27,000,000 |
| In Shape Health Clubs | consumer protection violation | 2016 | CA-MULTI | $26,000,000 | ||
| Comcast Cable Communications LLC | Comcast | telecommunications | hazardous waste violation | 2015 | CA-AG | $25,950,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2016 | CA-PUC | $25,600,000 |
| Pacific Bell | AT&T | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2001 | CA-PUC | $25,550,000 |
| Home Depot | Home Depot | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $25,500,000 |
| United Industries LLC | Caterpillar Inc. | heavy equipment | environmental violation | 2017 | USAO | $25,000,000 |
| Rite Aid | Rite Aid | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2001 | private lawsuit-state | $25,000,000 |
| AT&T | AT&T | telecommunications | underground storage tank violation | 2006 | CA-AG | $25,000,000 |
| Health Net Life Insurance Co. | Centene | healthcare services | insurance violation | 2008 | CA-INS | $25,000,000 |
| Robert Bosch GmbH | Robert Bosch | automotive parts | air pollution violation | 2022 | CA-AG | $25,000,000 |
| Chevron U.S.A. Inc. | Chevron | oil and gas | hazardous waste violation | 2011 | CA-AG | $24,500,000 |
| Southern California Edison Co. | Edison International | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2014 | CA-PUC | $24,500,000 |
| AbbVie Inc. | AbbVie | pharmaceuticals | consumer protection violation | 2020 | CA-INS | $24,000,000 |
| Forty Niners Football Company LLC | discriminatory practices (non-employment) | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $24,000,000 | ||
| Plains All American Pipeline | Plains GP Holdings | pipelines | water pollution violation | 2020 | EPA | $23,950,000 |
| Essilor Laboratories of America, Inc. | EssilorLuxottica | apparel | consumer protection violation | 2022 | CA-INS | $23,800,000 |
| California Physicians' Service dba Blue Shield of California | California Physicians' Service | healthcare services | consumer protection violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-state | $23,400,000 |
| Target Corp. | Target | retailing | hazardous waste violation | 2011 | CA-MULTI | $22,500,000 |
| Sameday Technologies dba Sameday Health | consumer protection violation | 2022 | CA-LACA | $22,500,000 | ||
| Freedom Communications dba Orange County Register | Digital First Media | media | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $22,000,000 |
| Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2001 | private lawsuit-state | $22,000,000 |
| Southern California Edison et al. | environmental violation | 2023 | USAO | $22,000,000 | ||
| Shell Oil Co. | Shell PLC | oil and gas | pesticide violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-state | $21,897,293 |
| Ashford University and Zovio, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2022 | CA-AG | $21,442,329 | ||
| SmartWear Technologies, Inc. | investor protection violation | 2012 | CA-DFPI | $21,420,639 | ||
| Schering-Plough Corporation | Merck | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2009 | CA-AG | $21,300,000 |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | CA-AG | $20,752,750 |
| TOYOTA MOTOR SALES USA INC | Toyota | motor vehicles | air pollution violation | 2003 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $20,500,000 |
| Synergy Oil, LLC | investor protection violation | 2014 | CA-DFPI | $20,400,047 | ||
| Qwest/LCI | Lumen Technologies | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2002 | CA-PUC | $20,340,000 |
| Renaissance Management, LLC et al. | investor protection violation | 2016 | CA-DFPI | $20,275,000 | ||
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2022 | CA-SONDA | $20,250,000 |
| BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles | Coca-Cola Co. | beverages | wage and hour violation | 2001 | private lawsuit-state | $20,200,000 |
| First American Homebuilders Reinsurance Co. | insurance violation | 2005 | CA-INS | $20,100,000 | ||
| Beverly Enterprises Inc. | Fillmore Capital Partners | private equity (including portfolio companies) | False Claims Act and related | 2006 | DOJ_CIVIL | $20,000,000 |
| Kinder Morgan, Inc. | Kinder Morgan | pipelines | water pollution violation | 2016 | CA-SDCA | $20,000,000 |
| Shell Oil Company and Equilon Enterprises LLC | Shell PLC | oil and gas | underground storage tank violation | 2016 | CA-WAT | $20,000,000 |
| PG&E Corp. | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | environmental violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $20,000,000 |
| Telseven, LLC, Calling 10 LLC dba California Calling 10 | consumer protection violation | 2014 | CA-PUC | $19,760,000 | ||
| Qualcomm Inc. | Qualcomm | miscellaneous manufacturing | employment discrimination | 2017 | OFCCP | $19,500,000 |
| Shell Oil Company | Shell PLC | oil and gas | hazardous waste violation | 2009 | CA-AG | $19,500,000 |
| Sysco Corp. | Sysco | wholesalers | consumer protection violation | 2014 | CA-MULTI | $19,400,000 |
| Robert Half International | Robert Half International | business services | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-state | $19,000,000 |
| Vitas Healthcare | Chemed | healthcare services | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $19,000,000 |
| Memorial Health Services | False Claims Act and related | 2020 | CA-AG | $18,919,607 | ||
| Time Warner Cable LLC | Charter Communications | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2020 | CA-MULTI | $18,800,000 |
| A3 Education | fraud | 2022 | CA-SDCDA | $18,750,000 | ||
| Green Screen Partners, LLC et al. | investor protection violation | 2002 | CA-DFPI | $18,592,430 | ||
| Lowe's Home Centers | Lowe's | retailing | environmental violation | 2014 | CA-MULTI | $18,100,000 |
| 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 |
| Franklin/Templeton Distributors, Inc. | Franklin Resources | financial services | investor protection violation | 2004 | CA-AG | $18,000,000 |
| Sysco | Sysco | wholesalers | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-state | $17,995,000 |
| CanAm Capital Corp. et al. | investor protection violation | 2012 | CA-DFPI | $17,860,000 | ||
| Mariner Health Care, Inc. | nursing home violation | 2024 | CA-AG | $17,750,000 | ||
| Kan-Di-Ki LLC dba Diagnostic Laboratories and Radiology | TridentCare | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2013 | DOJ_CIVIL | $17,500,000 |
| PG&E | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $17,250,000 |
| R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. | British American Tobacco | tobacco | tobacco litigation | 2004 | CA-AG | $17,250,000 |
| El Paso Corporation | Kinder Morgan | pipelines | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2003 | CA-LBCA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $17,000,000 |
| AES Alamitos, LLC | AES Corp. | utilities and power generation | air pollution violation | 2000 | CA-SCAQMD | $17,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2012 | CA-PUC | $16,760,000 |
| Southern California Edison Company | Edison International | utilities and power generation | utility administrative violation | 2015 | CA-PUC | $16,740,000 |
| Longwood Management Corporation | False Claims Act and related | 2020 | DOJ_CIVIL | $16,700,000 | ||
| Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-state | $16,650,000 |
| Walgreens | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | hazardous waste violation | 2012 | CA-MULTI | $16,570,000 |
