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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Microsoft
Current Parent Company: Microsoft
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $20,000,000
Year: 2003
Date: June 17, 2003
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Microsoft agreed to provide $19.7 million in vouchers and $300,000 for legal fees to resolve West Virginia's lawsuit filed after the state opted out of a multistate settlement involving allegations of anti-competititve practices.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: West Virginia Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: West Virginia
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: West Virginia settles Microsoft antitrust case, The Associated Press State & Local Wire, June 17, 2003 (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.