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Company: Conopco Inc. dba Unilever
Current Parent Company: Unilever
Penalty: $3,250,000
Year: 2016
Date: October 18, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Unilever agreed to pay over $3 million to settle litigation alleging it advertised some of its haircare products as natural when they contained synthetic ingredients.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Eastern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2:13-cv-02213
Case Name: Morales et al v. Unilever United States, Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: food products
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