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Company: Acer America Corporation
Penalty: $280,000,000
Year: 2012
Date: February 14, 2012
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Acer agreed to pay an estimated $280 million to settle litigation alleging it misled customers about the Windows operating system installed on its laptop computers.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 5:09-cv-01808
Case Name: Embry v. ACER America Corporation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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