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Company: DirecTV
Current Parent Company: AT&T
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Penalty: $5,000,000
Year: 2005
Date: December 12, 2005
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: DirecTV agreed to pay $5 million as part of the settlement of multistate litigation arising from complaints from consumers about small unreadable print in advertisements and about not learning exactly what their monetary commitments to DIRECTV were until after they were locked into a contract.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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