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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: $1,327,085,082
Number of records: 3,308
Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)Penalty TotalNumber of Records
safety-related offenses$615,771,0652,915
environment-related offenses$234,546,673243
consumer-protection-related offenses$200,528,59382
competition-related offenses$140,770,5007
financial offenses$113,816,2818
Top 5 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
utility safety violation$549,768,62516
consumer protection violation$152,076,00010
energy market violation$105,090,5004
environmental violation$102,377,689105
air pollution violation$77,267,37286
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.

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CompanyPrimary Offense Type sort iconYearAgencyPenalty Amount
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$7,300
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$18,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$35,404
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$6,935
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$6,600
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$7,500
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$6,935
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$12,500
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,840
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,971
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$6,935
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$30,000
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,250
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,250
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,250
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,250
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$6,824
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$6,824
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$6,600
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$6,935
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$9,502
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$49,500
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$7,677
BNSF Railway Companyrailroad safety violation2019FRA$5,475
Intero Real Estate Servicesprivacy violation2022private lawsuit-federal$13,000,000
Johns Manvilleprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2008private lawsuit-federal$8,000,000
Shaw Industries Inc.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2001private lawsuit-federal$27,500,000
DOMINION TRANSMISSION INCpipeline safety violation2010PHMSA$182,500
DOMINION TRANSMISSION INCpipeline safety violation2010PHMSA$60,000
DOMINION TRANSMISSION INCpipeline safety violation2011PHMSA$50,000
DOMINION TRANSMISSION INCpipeline safety violation2012PHMSA$43,700
DOMINION TRANSMISSION INCpipeline safety violation2012PHMSA$33,300
DOMINION TRANSMISSION INCpipeline safety violation2015PHMSA$27,500
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COpipeline safety violation2008PHMSA$12,500
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COpipeline safety violation2006PHMSA$205,000
DOMINION TRANSMISSION INCpipeline safety violation2005PHMSA$20,000
DOMINION TRANSMISSION INCpipeline safety violation2004PHMSA$25,000
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COpipeline safety violation2004PHMSA$6,000
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COpipeline safety violation2003PHMSA$5,000
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COpipeline safety violation2003PHMSA$22,750
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COpipeline safety violation2003PHMSA$15,000
DOMINION TRANSMISSION INCpipeline safety violation2002PHMSA$23,000
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COpipeline safety violation2021PHMSA$19,300
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COpipeline safety violation2022PHMSA$46,700
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COpipeline safety violation2023PHMSA$75,200
Shaw Industries Inc.pesticide violation2018CA-DPR$45,000
Benjamin Moore & Co.pesticide violation2011CA-DPR$6,500
Titanium Metals CorporationPCB violation2014EPA$13,750,000
Titanium Metals CorporationPCB violation2014EPA(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $14,000,000
BNSF Railway Co.oil spill2017IL-AG$50,000
Forest River Inc.motor vehicle safety violation2015NHTSA$35,000,000
Forest River Incmotor vehicle safety violation2012FMCSA$13,752
Sierra Pacific Power Companymotor vehicle safety violation2013FMCSA$5,320
STERLING CRANE INCmotor vehicle safety violation2008FMCSA$32,720
McLane Food Servicelabor relations violation2010NLRB$225,000
Wells Lamont Corporationlabor relations violation2009NLRB$5,816
Marmon Keystone Corporationlabor relations violation2009NLRB$33,000
Marmon/Keystone Corporationlabor relations violation2009NLRB$70,000
Wells Lamont, Inc.labor relations violation2007NLRB$40,000
Lubrizol, Inc. at the Noveon Kalama plantlabor relations violation2006NLRB$70,000
Noveon Kalama, Inc.labor relations violation2006NLRB$70,000
Titanium Metals Corporationlabor relations violation2003NLRB$50,000
Noveon, Inc.labor relations violation2003NLRB$7,000
PCC Specialty Products, Inc.labor relations violation2003NLRB$85,000
Duracell - USAlabor relations violation2001NLRB$12,564
P.C.C. Airfoils, Inc.labor relations violation2001NLRB$24,125
PCC Structurals, Inc. formerly named Precision Castpartslabor relations violation2001NLRB$156,500
Johns-Manvillelabor relations violation2000NLRB$55,000
Union Tank Car Companylabor relations violation2019NLRB$100,000
Graver Technologieslabor relations violation2018NLRB$18,501
Railserve, Inc.labor relations violation2017NLRB$25,170
Penn Aluminum International, LLClabor relations violation2022NLRB$116,378
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.investor protection violation2014DOJ_ANTITRUST$896,000
General Reinsurance Corporationinvestor protection violation2009OH-AG$72,000,000
GEICO General Insurance Co. et al.insurance violation2007CA-INS$60,000
GEICO General Insurance Co. et al.insurance violation2011CA-INS$10,000
Geicoinsurance violation2015CA-INS$6,000,000
GEICOinsurance violation2010CT-INS$177,500
GEICO General Insurance Co. et al.insurance violation2017DE-INS$9,000
GEICO Casualty and Government Employees Insurance Co. et al.insurance violation2002FL-OFR$42,000
GEICO Indemnity Co.insurance violation2002FL-OFR$7,250
The Medical Protective Co.insurance violation2011FL-OFR$403,000
GEICO Casualty Co. et al.insurance violation2015MD-INS$7,500
GEICO General Insurance Co.insurance violation2016MD-INS$24,647
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.