Violation Tracker Parent Company Summary
Parent Company Name:
Berkshire Hathaway
Ownership Structure:
publicly traded (ticker symbol BRK.B)
Headquartered in:
Nebraska
Major Industry:
diversified
Specific Industry:
diversified
Penalty total since 2000:
$529,112,096
Number of records:
2,842
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| environment-related offenses | $220,027,093 | 169 |
| financial offenses | $113,816,281 | 8 |
| competition-related offenses | $100,870,500 | 4 |
| safety-related offenses | $63,339,702 | 2,564 |
| employment-related offenses | $14,445,096 | 47 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| environmental violation | $220,027,093 | 169 |
| energy market violation | $100,690,500 | 3 |
| investor protection violation | $72,896,000 | 2 |
| accounting fraud or deficiencies | $36,700,000 | 2 |
| motor vehicle safety violation | $35,051,792 | 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 more details on misconduct by this company, see its entry in the Project On Government Oversight's Federal Contractor Misconduct Database.
Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.
For an overview of assistance this company is receiving under the CARES Act, see its Covid Stimulus Watch summary page 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEICO | wage and hour violation | 2004 | private lawsuit-state | $3,300,000 |
| GEICO | wage and hour violation | 2004 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,743,320 |
| CMH Manufacturing | employment discrimination | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $930,000 |
| McLane/Midwest, Inc. | employment screening violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $105,100 |
| Shaw Industries, Inc. | environmental violation | 2000 | AL-ENV | $15,000 |
| Future Metals Inc. | export control violation | 2003 | BIS | $180,000 |
| Benjamin Moore & Company | environmental violation | 2019 | CA-ARB | $82,000 |
| Forest River, Inc. | environmental violation | 2019 | CA-ARB | $30,468 |
| Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad | environmental violation | 2017 | CA-ARB | $95,000 |
| Carlton Forge Works | environmental violation | 2016 | CA-ARB | $130,000 |
| BNSF and UP Railroads | environmental violation | 2011 | CA-ARB | $6,400 |
| BNSF and UP | environmental violation | 2010 | CA-ARB | $5,600 |
| BNSF Railway | environmental violation | 2008 | CA-ARB | $10,800 |
| McLane Company Inc. | environmental violation | 2008 | CA-ARB | $14,000 |
| BNSF Railway | environmental violation | 2006 | CA-ARB | $87,000 |
| Forest River, Inc. | environmental violation | 2005 | CA-ARB | $333,000 |
| Shaw Industries Inc. | environmental violation | 2018 | CA-DPR | $45,000 |
| Benjamin Moore & Co. | environmental violation | 2011 | CA-DPR | $6,500 |
| GEICO General Insurance Co. et al. | insurance violation | 2007 | CA-INS | $60,000 |
| GEICO General Insurance Co. et al. | insurance violation | 2011 | CA-INS | $10,000 |
| Geico | insurance violation | 2015 | CA-INS | $6,000,000 |
| BNSF Railway | environmental violation | 2014 | CA-LACA | $140,000 |
| Wyman-Gordon Investment Castings, Inc. | environmental violation | 2002 | CT-ENV | $100,000 |
| GEICO | insurance violation | 2010 | CT-INS | $177,500 |
| GEICO General Insurance Co. et al. | insurance violation | 2017 | DE-INS | $9,000 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | investor protection violation | 2014 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $896,000 |
| General Reinsurance Corporation | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2010 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $24,500,000 |
| NetJets Services Inc. | employment discrimination | 2016 | DOJ_RIGHTS | $41,480 |
| SOUTHWEST UNITED INDUSTRIES, INC | benefit plan administrator violation | 2015 | EBSA | $10,001 |
| Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company | employment discrimination | 2010 | EEOC | $95,000 |
| McLane Foodservice, Inc. | employment discrimination | 2015 | EEOC | $40,000 |
| BNSF Railway Co. | employment discrimination | 2016 | EEOC | $95,000 |
| BNSF Railway Company | employment discrimination | 2007 | EEOC | $800,000 |
| Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company | employment discrimination | 2002 | EEOC | $2,200,000 |
| Ingersoll Milling Machine Company | employment discrimination | 2001 | EEOC | $1,800,000 |
| Titanium Metals Corporation d/b/a TIMET | employment discrimination | 2003 | EEOC | $217,500 |
| Titanium Metals Corporation | environmental violation | 2014 | EPA | $13,750,000 |
| BNSF Railway Company | environmental violation | 2012 | EPA | $37,500 |
| Nevada Power Company | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $60,700,000 |
| Nevada Power Company | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $90,110,000 |
| Marmon Utility LLC | environmental violation | 2019 | EPA | $75,000 |
| WYMAN GORDON INVESTMENT CASTINGS | environmental violation | 2002 | EPA | $88,312 |
| TITANIUM HEARTH TECHNOLOGIES | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $9,000 |
| HUNTINGTON ALLOYS CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $160,000 |
| THE GILLETTE COMPANY DURACELL A DIVISION | environmental violation | 2004 | EPA | $5,000 |
| NOVEON, INC. | environmental violation | 2004 | EPA | $7,700 |
| SPS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $145,300 |
| MCLANE FOODSERVICE, INC. | environmental violation | 2014 | EPA | $7,100 |
| BENJAMIN MOORE & CO. | environmental violation | 2014 | EPA | $47,600 |
| BNSF Railway (Fort Worth) | environmental violation | 2011 | EPA | $15,716 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $225,400 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2018 | EPA | $32,343 |
| Johns Manville | environmental violation | 2003 | EPA | $14,080 |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | $600,000 |
| TITANIUM METALS CORPORATION | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $430,000 |
| Nevada Power Company | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | (*) $300,000 |
| Nevada Power Company | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $10,810,000 |
| Titanium Metals Corporation | environmental violation | 2014 | EPA | (*) $14,000,000 |
| Titanium Metals Corp. | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | $500,000 |
| BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE RAILWAY | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $9,000 |
| PROTECTIVE COATINGS, INC. | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $5,000 |
| NOVEON KALAMA | environmental violation | 2006 | EPA | $169,995 |
| BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | environmental violation | 2012 | EPA | (*) $37,500 |
| Forest River, Inc. | environmental violation | 2015 | EPA | $130,000 |
| THE LUBRIZOL CORP. | environmental violation | 2000 | EPA | $5,000 |
| The Lubrizol Corporation | environmental violation | 2003 | EPA | $25,740 |
| Titanium Metals Corp. | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $37,267 |
| Titanium Metals Corporation | environmental violation | 2012 | EPA | $258,176 |
| Titanium Metals Corporation | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $23,018 |
| SOUTHWEST UNITED INDUSTRIES INC | aviation safety violation | 2011 | FAA | $5,800 |
| FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC | aviation safety violation | 2010 | FAA | $5,000 |
| NETJETS TRANSPORTES AEREOS S.A. | aviation safety violation | 2005 | FAA | $32,000 |
| NETJETS AVIATION INC | aviation safety violation | 2015 | FAA | $13,500 |
| NETJETS AVIATION INC | aviation safety violation | 2016 | FAA | $17,000 |
| WEATHERFORD ENGINEERED CHEMISTRY | aviation safety violation | 2012 | FAA | $14,500 |
| THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION | aviation safety violation | 2016 | FAA | $24,300 |
| NETJETS AVIATION INC | aviation safety violation | 2018 | FAA | $280,000 |
| Precision Castparts Corp. | telecommunications violation | 2016 | FCC | $60,000 |
| PacifiCorp | energy market violation | 2007 | FERC | $96,500,500 |
| PacifiCorp | energy market violation | 2011 | FERC | $3,925,000 |
| PacificCorp | energy market violation | 2012 | FERC | $265,000 |
| GEICO Casualty and Government Employees Insurance Co. et al. | insurance violation | 2002 | FL-OFR | $42,000 |
| GEICO Indemnity Co. | insurance violation | 2002 | FL-OFR | $7,250 |
| The Medical Protective Co. | insurance violation | 2011 | FL-OFR | $403,000 |
| Forest River Inc | motor vehicle safety violation | 2012 | FMCSA | $13,752 |
| Sierra Pacific Power Company | motor vehicle safety violation | 2013 | FMCSA | $5,320 |
| STERLING CRANE INC | motor vehicle safety violation | 2008 | FMCSA | $32,720 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2010 | FRA | $48,650 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2010 | FRA | $23,800 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2010 | FRA | $22,500 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2010 | FRA | $19,500 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2010 | FRA | $18,100 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2010 | FRA | $17,950 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2010 | FRA | $14,150 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2010 | FRA | $14,000 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2010 | FRA | $13,925 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2010 | FRA | $13,000 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2010 | FRA | $12,950 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2010 | FRA | $11,475 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2010 | FRA | $10,500 |
| BNSF Railway Company | railroad safety violation | 2010 | FRA | $10,450 |
