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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: AT&T Inc.
Current Parent Company: AT&T
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Penalty: $5,500,000
Year: 2013
Date: November 27, 2013
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: AT&T agreed to pay over $5 million to settle litigation alleging it billed customers for third-party services they had not requested.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:09-cv-01529
Case Name: Nwabueze v. AT&T Inc. et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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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