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Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
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Deutsche Post AG | Deutsche Post | freight and logistics | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $53,000,000 |
Mitsui & Co. | Mitsui | diversified | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $53,000,000 |
JBS USA Food Company | JBS | food products | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $52,500,000 |
Meta Platforms Inc. | information technology | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-state | $52,000,000 | |
BP America Inc. | BP | oil and gas | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $52,000,000 |
National Milk Producers Federation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $52,000,000 | ||
Mercury Payment Systems, LLC | Fidelity National Information Services | information technology | consumer protection violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $52,000,000 |
BASF Corporation | BASF | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $51,000,000 |
Chemtrade | Chemtrade Logistics | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $51,000,000 |
Chemtura Corporation | Lanxess | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $51,000,000 |
TCV V LP et al. | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,050,000 | ||
Morgan Stanley | Morgan Stanley | financial services | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
Solutia Inc. | Eastman Chemical | chemicals | PCB violation | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
Fifth Third Bank | Fifth Third Bancorp | financial services | privacy violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
Air China Limited | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 | ||
Birdsong Corporation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 | ||
Bristol-Myers Squibb | Bristol-Myers Squibb | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
Comcast Corporation | Comcast | telecommunications | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
Cristal USA, Inc. | Ineos | chemicals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) | food products | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
E. Merck KG | Merck KGaA (EMD) | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc. | Sanofi | pharmaceuticals | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2016 | private lawsuit-state | $50,000,000 |
Woodbridge Foam Corporation | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 | ||
Apple Inc. | Apple Inc. | electrical and electronic equipment | product safety violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
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 |
Amplify Energy Corp. | Amplify Energy Corp. | oil and gas | oil spill | 2023 | 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 |
Hess Energy Inc. | Hess Corp. | oil and gas | MTBE violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $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 | hazardous waste 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 |