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Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)	Penalty Total	Number of Records
consumer-protection-related offenses	$647,351,449	71
employment-related offenses	$308,800,854	125
environment-related offenses	$96,335,363	26
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	$255,049,139	35
benefit plan administrator violation	$148,675,000	4
wage and hour violation	$140,729,934	34
environmental violation	$96,335,363	26

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.

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Individual Penalty Records:

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Company	Primary Offense Type	Year .	Agency	Penalty Amount
AT&T	employment discrimination	2005	private lawsuit-state	$950,000
AT&T Corporation	benefit plan administrator violation	2005	private lawsuit-federal	$29,000,000
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2005	MA-AG	$565,000
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2005	MN-AG	$1,288,000
AT&T	privacy violation	2005	MO-AG	$10,000
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2005	MO-AG	$50,000
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2005	PA-AG	$600,000
AT&T Corp.	consumer protection violation	2005	FL-AG	$250,000
AT&T Corp.	consumer protection violation	2005	TX-AG	$1,190,000
DirecTV	consumer protection violation	2005	MULTI-AG	$5,000,000
Southwestern Bell Telephone	privacy violation	2005	MO-AG	$150,000
DirecTV	environmental violation	2005	CA-SCAQMD	$10,000
AT&T Communications of Texas, L.P.	consumer protection violation	2005	TX-PUC	$195,000
SBC	workplace safety or health violation	2005	OSHA	$7,500
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2004	FTC	$365,000
AT&T	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$490,000
DIRECTV Inc.	telecommunications violation	2004	FCC	$87,500
SBC Communications, Inc.	Family and Medical Leave Act	2004	WHD	$15,000
SBC Communications	wage and hour violation	2004	WHD	$98,547
Southwestern Bell Communications	Family and Medical Leave Act	2004	WHD	$20,000
180 Connect, Inc.	wage and hour violation	2004	WHD	$47,588
Cingular Wireless, LLC.	wage and hour violation	2004	WHD	$462,448
Cingular Wireless, LLC.	wage and hour violation	2004	WHD	$10,639
Dobson Cellular Systems, Inc.	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$25,000
AT&T Broadband & Internet Services	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$5,000
BELLSOUTH	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$18,000
AT&T	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$37,000
AT&T Corporation	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$101,864
Cingular Wireless	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$8,000
AT&T Communications	labor relations violation	2004	NLRB	$5,000
AT&T	telecommunications violation	2004	NC-AG	$500,000
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2004	NY-AG	$400,000
Cingular Wireless	consumer protection violation	2004	MULTI-AG	$1,666,666
Cingular Wireless	consumer protection violation	2004	CA-PUC	$12,140,000
SBC	workplace safety or health violation	2004	OSHA	$8,700
AT AND T WIRELESS	workplace safety or health violation	2004	OSHA	$6,205
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2004	OSHA	$5,000
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC	workplace safety or health violation	2004	OSHA	$5,950
SBC	workplace safety or health violation	2004	OSHA	$5,000
Hughes Electronics Corporation	export control violation	2003	DDTC	$24,000,000
AT&T	telecommunications violation	2003	FCC	$780,000
SBC Communications	telecommunications violation	2003	FCC	$1,350,000
BellSouth Corporation	telecommunications violation	2003	FCC	$1,400,000
Bell South Telecommunications	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$39,700
AT&T Corp.	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$90,900
SBC, Inc.	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$23,646
Bell Soutn Communications	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$77,472
AT&T Broadband d/b/a TCI Cablevision of Texas, Inc.	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$25,500
AT&T Broadband d/b/a TCI Cablevision of Texas, Inc.	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$22,400
Bellsouth - Directory Assistance Office	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$10,000
A T & T	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$100,000
AT&T Broadband Morris IL	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$7,908
AT & T Broadband	labor relations violation	2003	NLRB	$5,500
South Central Bell	employment discrimination	2003	private lawsuit-federal	$6,000,000
AT&T	employment discrimination	2003	EEOC	$75,000
SBC AMERITECH	workplace safety or health violation	2003	OSHA	$5,375
SBC	workplace safety or health violation	2003	OSHA	$6,250
BellSouth Corporation	Foreign Corrupt Practices Act	2002	SEC	$150,000
AT&T Wireless	telecommunications violation	2002	FCC	$117,000
AT&T Wireless	telecommunications violation	2002	FCC	$2,000,000
SBC Communications	telecommunications violation	2002	FCC	$6,000,000
SBC Communications	telecommunications violation	2002	FCC	$3,600,000
Bellsouth Telecommunications	labor relations violation	2002	NLRB	$42,000
Southwestern Bell Telephone	labor relations violation	2002	NLRB	$5,560
A T & T COMMUNICATIONS	labor relations violation	2002	NLRB	$9,000
SBC Communications	benefit plan administrator violation	2002	private lawsuit-federal	$10,000,000
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2002	MULTI-AG	$500,000
AT&T CORPORATION	environmental violation	2002	NJ-ENV	$9,000
SBC Communications	consumer protection violation	2002	CA-PUC	$27,000,000
Pacific Bell	environmental violation	2002	CA-SCAQMD	$10,000
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2002	LA-PSC	$175,000
SBC Ameritech Ohio	utility service violation	2002	OH-PUC	$8,200,000
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE	workplace safety or health violation	2002	OSHA	$6,250
SBC Communications	telecommunications violation	2001	FCC	$2,520,000
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company	labor relations violation	2001	NLRB	$14,200
AT & T Broadband	labor relations violation	2001	NLRB	$8,481
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company	labor relations violation	2001	NLRB	$60,846
Pacific Bell and Pacific Telesis	wage and hour violation	2001	private lawsuit-federal	$35,000,000
Pacific Bell	consumer protection violation	2001	CA-PUC	$25,550,000
BellSouth	utility service violation	2001	GA-PSC	$7,000,000
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2001	MI-PSC	$15,000
AT&T BROADBAND LLC	environmental violation	2001	EPA	$60,441
AT&T CORP.	environmental violation	2001	EPA	$90,469
AT&T	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$1,800,000
AT&T Corp.	employment discrimination	2000	EEOC	$50,000
AT&T	labor relations violation	2000	NLRB	$7,000
AT&T/ALS	labor relations violation	2000	NLRB	$24,000
AT&T	consumer protection violation	2000	NY-AG	$40,000
Ameritech	utility administrative violation	2000	MI-PSC	$3,750,000
Ameritech Ohio	utility administrative violation	2000	OH-PUC	$295,000
Ameritech	utility service violation	2000	WI-PSC	$10,000,000
PACIFIC BELL	workplace safety or health violation	2000	OSHA	$18,270
AT&T, INC	workplace safety or health violation	2000	OSHA	$9,750
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE	workplace safety or health violation	2000	OSHA	$6,000
AT & T CORP	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$195,000