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  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDV Construction, Inc | wage and hour violation | 2019 | CA-LCO | $11,943,054 | ||
| Exxon Corporation | Exxon Mobil | oil and gas | MTBE violation | 2001 | private lawsuit-state | $12,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Co. | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2022 | CA-PUC | $12,000,000 |
| Cingular Wireless | AT&T | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2004 | CA-PUC | $12,140,000 |
| Rite Aid Corp. | Rite Aid | retailing | hazardous waste violation | 2013 | CA-MULTI | $12,300,000 |
| Caremark CVS | CVS Health | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-state | $12,750,000 |
| Pacific Maritime Association | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $12,900,000 | ||
| Wells Fargo | Wells Fargo | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-state | $13,000,000 |
| Taco Bell | Yum Brands | restaurants and foodservice | wage and hour violation | 2001 | private lawsuit-state | $13,000,000 |
| Sierra Pacific Industries | Sierra Pacific Industries | building materials | air pollution violation | 2007 | CA-ARB | $13,000,000 |
| Fitness Evolution | consumer protection violation | 2018 | CA-MULTI | $13,300,000 | ||
| Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. et al. | Fidelity National Financial | financial services | insurance violation | 2005 | CA-INS | $13,300,000 |
| State Farm | State Farm Insurance | financial services | insurance violation | 2017 | CA-INS | $13,335,701 |
| RDV Construction, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2023 | CA-LCO | $13,417,893 | ||
| US Bank | U.S. Bancorp | financial services | housing code violation | 2016 | CA-LACA | $13,500,000 |
| Dignity Health | CommonSpirit Health | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2022 | DOJ_CIVIL | $13,500,000 |
| CVS Pharmacy, Inc. | CVS Health | retailing | hazardous waste violation | 2012 | CA-MULTI | $13,750,000 |
| Pacwest Security dba PSMG Inc. and PS, Inc. and PSSA, Inc. | insurance violation | 2022 | CA-OCDA | $13,760,000 | ||
| General Motors | General Motors | motor vehicles | motor vehicle safety violation | 2017 | CA-OCDA | $13,900,000 |
| BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles | Coca-Cola Co. | beverages | wage and hour violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-state | $14,000,000 |
| BP West Coast Products LLC, BP Products North America, Inc., and Atlantic Richfield Company | BP | oil and gas | underground storage tank violation | 2016 | CA-AG | $14,000,000 |
| Adventist Health System/West | Adventist Health (CA) | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2013 | DOJ_CIVIL | $14,100,000 |
| Bancroft Ventures Ltd. | investor protection violation | 2006 | CA-DFPI | $14,300,000 | ||
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility administrative violation | 2013 | CA-PUC | $14,350,000 |
| FedEx Ground Package System | FedEx | freight and logistics | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $14,400,000 |
| Volvo Powertrain Corporation | Volvo | motor vehicles | air pollution violation | 2015 | CA-ARB | $14,409,599 |
| Integrated Healthcare Holdings | KPC Healthcare | healthcare services | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-state | $14,500,000 |
| U.S. Foodservice | US Foods Holding | wholesalers | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-state | $14,500,000 |
| Hewlett-Packard | HP Inc. | electrical and electronic equipment | privacy violation | 2006 | CA-AG | $14,500,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Walmart | retailing | consumer protection violation | 2005 | CA-AG | $14,500,000 |
| Shell Oil | Shell PLC | oil and gas | MTBE violation | 2005 | CA-OCDA | $14,500,000 |
| NextG Networks | utility safety violation | 2013 | CA-PUC | $14,500,000 | ||
| Bison Workforce Solutions | insurance violation | 2023 | CA-INS | $14,500,000 | ||
| San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) | Sempra Energy | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2010 | CA-PUC | $14,750,000 |
| R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | British American Tobacco | tobacco | tobacco litigation | 2002 | CA-AG | $14,800,000 |
| Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts | entertainment | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $14,900,000 |
| Waste Management | Waste Management Inc. | waste management and environmental services | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-state | $15,000,000 |
| Verizon | Verizon Communications | telecommunications | wage and hour violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-state | $15,000,000 |
| Albertson's | Albertsons Companies | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-state | $15,000,000 |
| Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Co. | Elevance Health | healthcare services | insurance violation | 2009 | CA-INS | $15,000,000 |
| Southern California Edison Company | Edison International | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2014 | CA-PUC | $15,000,000 |
| The Pill Club | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | CA-AG | $15,000,000 | ||
| American Legal Services | fraud | 2013 | CA-OCA | $15,113,365 | ||
| Smart & Final | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $15,300,000 | ||
| Rent-A-Center, Inc. | Rent-A-Center | retailing | consumer protection violation | 2022 | CA-AG | $15,500,000 |
| Clinica Sierra Vista | False Claims Act and related | 2023 | CA-AG | $15,590,000 | ||
| Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts | entertainment | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-state | $15,600,000 |
| Costco | Costco | retailing | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-state | $16,000,000 |
| Toyota Motor Corp. | Toyota | motor vehicles | motor vehicle safety violation | 2013 | CA-OCDA | $16,000,000 |
| Money Mart Express, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2011 | CA-MULTI | $16,375,000 | ||
| Walgreens | Walgreens Boots Alliance | retailing | hazardous waste violation | 2012 | CA-MULTI | $16,570,000 |
| Bank of America | Bank of America | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-state | $16,650,000 |
| Longwood Management Corporation | False Claims Act and related | 2020 | DOJ_CIVIL | $16,700,000 | ||
| Southern California Edison Company | Edison International | utilities and power generation | utility administrative violation | 2015 | CA-PUC | $16,740,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2012 | CA-PUC | $16,760,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Kan-Di-Ki LLC dba Diagnostic Laboratories and Radiology | TridentCare | healthcare services | False Claims Act and related | 2013 | DOJ_CIVIL | $17,500,000 |
| Mariner Health Care, Inc. | nursing home violation | 2024 | CA-AG | $17,750,000 | ||
| CanAm Capital Corp. et al. | investor protection violation | 2012 | CA-DFPI | $17,860,000 | ||
| Sysco | Sysco | wholesalers | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-state | $17,995,000 |
| 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 |
| Lowe's Home Centers | Lowe's | retailing | environmental violation | 2014 | CA-MULTI | $18,100,000 |
| Green Screen Partners, LLC et al. | investor protection violation | 2002 | CA-DFPI | $18,592,430 | ||
| A3 Education | fraud | 2022 | CA-SDCDA | $18,750,000 | ||
| Time Warner Cable LLC | Charter Communications | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2020 | CA-MULTI | $18,800,000 |
| Memorial Health Services | False Claims Act and related | 2020 | CA-AG | $18,919,607 | ||
| 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 |
| Sysco Corp. | Sysco | wholesalers | consumer protection violation | 2014 | CA-MULTI | $19,400,000 |
| 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 |
| Telseven, LLC, Calling 10 LLC dba California Calling 10 | consumer protection violation | 2014 | CA-PUC | $19,760,000 | ||
| 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 |
| First American Homebuilders Reinsurance Co. | insurance violation | 2005 | CA-INS | $20,100,000 | ||
| BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles | Coca-Cola Co. | beverages | wage and hour violation | 2001 | private lawsuit-state | $20,200,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2022 | CA-SONDA | $20,250,000 |
| Renaissance Management, LLC et al. | investor protection violation | 2016 | CA-DFPI | $20,275,000 | ||
| Qwest/LCI | Lumen Technologies | telecommunications | consumer protection violation | 2002 | CA-PUC | $20,340,000 |
| Synergy Oil, LLC | investor protection violation | 2014 | CA-DFPI | $20,400,047 | ||
| 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 |
| BASF Corporation | BASF | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2000 | CA-AG | $20,752,750 |
| Schering-Plough Corporation | Merck | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2009 | CA-AG | $21,300,000 |
| SmartWear Technologies, Inc. | investor protection violation | 2012 | CA-DFPI | $21,420,639 | ||
| Ashford University and Zovio, Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2022 | CA-AG | $21,442,329 | ||
| Shell Oil Co. | Shell PLC | oil and gas | pesticide violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-state | $21,897,293 |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| California Physicians' Service dba Blue Shield of California | California Physicians' Service | healthcare services | consumer protection violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-state | $23,400,000 |
| Essilor Laboratories of America, Inc. | EssilorLuxottica | apparel | consumer protection violation | 2022 | CA-INS | $23,800,000 |
| Plains All American Pipeline | Plains GP Holdings | pipelines | water pollution violation | 2020 | EPA | $23,950,000 |
