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Company: Microsoft Corp.
Current Parent Company: Microsoft
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $100,000
Year: 2002
Date: March 6, 2002
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Microsoft Corp. agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a consumer-protection lawsuit with the Orange County district attorney that alleged customers faced difficulties when trying to cancel their Internet accounts.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Orange County (CA) District Attorney
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: Orange
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: software
Source of Data: Microsoft to settle suit over Internet accounts, Orange County Register, March 6, 2002 (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.