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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Fleishman-Hillard
Current Parent Company: Omnicom
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Penalty: $5,700,000
Year: 2005
Date: April 19, 2005
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Fleishman-Hillard agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the city of Los Angeles over the public relations firm's work for the Department of Water and Power; the company also waived payment of about $1.2 million in unpaid DWP invoices.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Los Angeles (CA) City Attorney
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: Los Angeles
Facility City: Los Angeles
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: advertising
Source of Data: PR Giant Agrees to $5.7 Million Settlement with City, City News Service, April 19, 2005 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.