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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Berkshire Hathaway
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol NYSE: BRK.B)
Headquartered in: Nebraska
Major Industry: diversified
Specific Industry: diversified
Penalty total since 2000: $1,850,087,109
Number of records: 3,405
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| safety-related offenses | $794,518,800 | 2,991 |
| competition-related offenses | $393,770,500 | 9 |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $290,698,503 | 92 |
| environment-related offenses | $235,625,631 | 252 |
| financial offenses | $113,816,281 | 8 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| utility safety violation | $727,768,625 | 17 |
| price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | $285,500,000 | 3 |
| consumer protection violation | $157,186,000 | 12 |
| environmental violation | $117,481,319 | 129 |
| energy market violation | $105,090,500 | 4 |
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: For a summary of this company's regulatory penalties in more than 50 other countries, see its Violation Tracker Global summary page
here.
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 |
| PacifiCorp | air pollution violation | 2014 | WY-ENV | $10,000 |
| PacifiCorp | air pollution violation | 2013 | WY-ENV | $17,500 |
| PacifiCorp | air pollution violation | 2010 | WY-ENV | $10,000 |
| Bridger Coal Co. | air pollution violation | 2009 | WY-ENV | $10,000 |
| PacifiCorp | air pollution violation | 2009 | WY-ENV | $60,200 |
| PacifiCorp | air pollution violation | 2007 | WY-ENV | $7,000 |
| PacifiCorp | environmental violation | 2022 | WY-ENV | $30,000 |
| PacificCorp | environmental violation | 2022 | WY-ENV | $12,500 |
| DOMINION ENERGY TRANSMISSION, INC. | air pollution violation | 2020 | WV-ENV | $41,600 |
| DOMINION ENERGY TRANSMISSION, INC. | air pollution violation | 2018 | WV-ENV | $90,000 |
| DOMINION ENERGY TRANSMISSION, INC. | air pollution violation | 2015 | WV-ENV | $84,000 |
| DOMINION TRANSMISSION, INC. | air pollution violation | 2014 | WV-ENV | $17,500 |
| DOMINION ENERGY TRANSMISSION, INC. | air pollution violation | 2003 | WV-ENV | $10,000 |
| DOMINION ENERGY TRANSMISSION, INC. | air pollution violation | 2003 | WV-ENV | $60,000 |
| DOMINION ENERGY TRANSMISSION, INC. | air pollution violation | 2002 | WV-ENV | $10,000 |
| GEICO General Insurance Co. | insurance violation | 2002 | WI-INS | $10,000 |
| MidAmerican Energy Company | wage and hour violation | 2013 | WHD | $121,391 |
| Forest River, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2013 | WHD | $12,800 |
| MiTek Industries, Inc | wage and hour violation | 2012 | WHD | $31,910 |
| Exacta Aerospace, Inc | wage and hour violation | 2010 | WHD | $10,391 |
| Forest River, Inc. | Family and Medical Leave Act | 2010 | WHD | $6,684 |
| RC Willey Home Furnishings | wage and hour violation | 2009 | WHD | $9,992 |
| RC Willey Home Furnishings, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2008 | WHD | $14,995 |
| CMH Homes, Inc | wage and hour violation | 2008 | WHD | $5,525 |
| McLane Company, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2007 | WHD | $1,461,902 |
| McLane Company, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2007 | WHD | $80,290 |
| Benjamin Moore & Co. | wage and hour violation | 2007 | WHD | $17,145 |
| Dairy Queen Corporate Stores, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2007 | WHD | $15,424 |
| Sierra Pacific Power Company, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2007 | WHD | $88,544 |
| L.A. Darling Company | wage and hour violation | 2004 | WHD | $5,626 |
| Government Employees Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2011 | WA-INS | $100,000 |
| Government Employees Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2018 | WA-INS | $30,000 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2018 | WA-INS | $7,000 |
| GEICO Inc. | insurance violation | 2006 | WA-INS | $120,000 |
| GEICO ADVANTAGE INSURANCE COMPANY | insurance violation | 2023 | WA-INS | $5,000 |
| GEICO ADVANTAGE INSURANCE COMPANY | insurance violation | 2024 | WA-INS | $5,000 |
| BNSF | environmental violation | 2015 | WA-ENV | $86,000 |
| NOVEON KALAMA INC. | water pollution violation | 2003 | WA-ENV | $10,000 |
| BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILROAD | environmental violation | 2002 | WA-ENV | $20,000 |
| BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD | environmental violation | 2001 | WA-ENV | $10,000 |
| GEICO | insurance violation | 2015 | VT-FIN | $30,000 |
| GEICO | insurance violation | 2017 | VT-FIN | $50,000 |
| Dominion Transmission, Inc. | utility safety violation | 2016 | VA-SCC | $14,000 |
| Dominion Transmission, Inc. | utility safety violation | 2010 | VA-SCC | $39,125 |
| Government Employees Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2006 | VA-INS | $10,000 |
| GEICO CASUALTY COMPANY ET AL. | insurance violation | 2008 | VA-INS | $31,200 |
| Government Employees Insurance Company et al. | insurance violation | 2009 | VA-INS | $15,000 |
| Government Employees Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2012 | VA-INS | $6,000 |
| GEICO SECURE INSURANCE CO. | insurance violation | 2018 | VA-INS | $64,604 |
| GEICO Advantage Insurance Co. et al. | insurance violation | 2021 | VA-INS | $12,742 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2022 | VA-INS | $57,118 |
| BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY, INC. | consumer protection violation | 2006 | VA-FIN | $5,000 |
| Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc. | environmental violation | 2020 | VA-ENV | $5,200 |
| Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc. | environmental violation | 2017 | VA-ENV | $44,573 |
| PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power | environmental violation | 2017 | UT-ENV | $15,385 |
| Air Industries Corp. | False Claims Act and related | 2016 | USAO | $2,700,000 |
| BNSF Railway Company | environmental violation | 2018 | USAO | $950,000 |
| PacifiCorp | environmental violation | 2020 | USAO | $3,400,000 |
| MARMON UTILITY LLC | environmental violation | 2021 | USAO | $2,400,000 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2012 | TX-INS | $14,760 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2014 | TX-INS | $32,000 |
| GEICO Secure Insurance Company et al. | insurance violation | 2016 | TX-INS | $30,000 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2018 | TX-INS | $12,500 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2018 | TX-INS | $10,000 |
| GEICO County Mutual Insurance Company et al. | insurance violation | 2020 | TX-INS | $3,000,000 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Co. | insurance violation | 2021 | TX-INS | $188,000 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2022 | TX-INS | $15,000 |
| Wellfleet Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2022 | TX-INS | $15,000 |
| GEICO Indemnity Company, et al. | insurance violation | 2022 | TX-INS | $25,000 |
| Wellfleet Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2023 | TX-INS | $125,000 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2023 | TX-INS | $9,000 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Company | insurance violation | 2024 | TX-INS | $5,500 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2020 | TX-ENV | $21,000 |
| Wyman-Gordon Forgings, Inc. | environmental violation | 2020 | TX-ENV | $31,710 |
| ACME BRICK COMPANY | environmental violation | 2019 | TX-ENV | $60,000 |
| ACME BRICK COMPANY | environmental violation | 2019 | TX-ENV | $50,739 |
| ACME BRICK COMPANY | environmental violation | 2019 | TX-ENV | $12,000 |
| ACME BRICK COMPANY | environmental violation | 2017 | TX-ENV | $6,600 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2017 | TX-ENV | $10,500 |
| ACME BRICK COMPANY | environmental violation | 2017 | TX-ENV | $6,751 |
| Mclane Company, Inc. | environmental violation | 2016 | TX-ENV | $7,200 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2016 | TX-ENV | $24,000 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2016 | TX-ENV | $65,074 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2015 | TX-ENV | $12,000 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2015 | TX-ENV | $10,151 |
| ACME BRICK COMPANY | environmental violation | 2015 | TX-ENV | $18,935 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2015 | TX-ENV | $71,182 |
| Wyman-Gordon Forgings, Inc. | environmental violation | 2014 | TX-ENV | $18,720 |
| UTLX Manufacturing LLC | environmental violation | 2014 | TX-ENV | $22,240 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2013 | TX-ENV | $61,796 |
| Mclane Company Inc | environmental violation | 2013 | TX-ENV | $10,608 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2013 | TX-ENV | $12,280 |
| Wyman-Gordon Forgings, LP | environmental violation | 2013 | TX-ENV | $18,150 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2011 | TX-ENV | $28,640 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2011 | TX-ENV | $13,960 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2011 | TX-ENV | $7,260 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2010 | TX-ENV | $143,460 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2010 | TX-ENV | $7,176 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2010 | TX-ENV | $6,518 |
| BNSF Railway Company | environmental violation | 2009 | TX-ENV | $7,216 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2009 | TX-ENV | $20,410 |
