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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: AT&T
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol T)
Headquartered in: Texas
Major Industry: telecommunications
Specific Industry: telecommunications
Penalty total since 2000: $1,221,307,295
Number of records: 319
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $726,351,449 | 79 |
| employment-related offenses | $309,194,915 | 136 |
| environment-related offenses | $96,424,624 | 29 |
| competition-related offenses | $52,150,000 | 4 |
| government-contracting-related offenses | $18,240,846 | 5 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| telecommunications violation | $347,355,310 | 27 |
| consumer protection violation | $317,199,139 | 42 |
| benefit plan administrator violation | $148,675,000 | 4 |
| wage and hour violation | $140,931,754 | 43 |
| environmental violation | $55,399,306 | 14 |
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the
Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found
here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency  | Penalty Amount |
| AT&T | employment discrimination | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $370,000 |
| South Central Bell | employment discrimination | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000 |
| Southwestern Bell | employment discrimination | 2012 | private lawsuit-state | $5,120,000 |
| AT&T | employment discrimination | 2005 | private lawsuit-state | $950,000 |
| SBC Communications | benefit plan administrator violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,000,000 |
| AT&T Corporation | benefit plan administrator violation | 2005 | private lawsuit-federal | $29,000,000 |
| SBC Pension Benefit Plan-Nonbargained Program | benefit plan administrator violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,000,000 |
| Bellsouth Corporation | benefit plan administrator violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $93,675,000 |
| AT&T Corp. | employment screening violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $405,510 |
| DirecTV, LLC | employment screening violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $125,000 |
| DirecTV, LLC | employment screening violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $600,000 |
| DirecTV, Inc. et al. | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,350,000 |
| DirecTV | privacy violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,000,000 |
| AT&T Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,500,000 |
| AT&T Mobility LLC | consumer protection violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $14,000,000 |
| AT&T Mobility LLC | consumer protection violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $12,000,000 |
| AT&T Mobility LLC | consumer protection violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,000,000 |
| DirecTV | consumer protection violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,400,000 |
| DirecTV LLC | privacy violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,850,000 |
