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Company: DuPont Dow Elastomers LLC
Current Parent Company: DuPont de Nemours
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Penalty: $25,400,000
Year: 2005
Date: June 30, 2005
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: DuPont Dow Elastomers agreed to pay over $25 million to settle its role in litigation involving a conspiracy to fix the price of ethylene propylene diene monomer synthetic rubber, a material used in the auto and roofing industries.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: District of Connecticut
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:03md1542
Case Name: In re: Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Delaware
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: specialty materials
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