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Company: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Current Parent Company: DuPont de Nemours
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Penalty: $875,000
Year: 2018
Date: October 22, 2018
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: Four companies agreed to pay a total of $3.5 million to settle litigation alleging they conspired to fix the price of titanium dioxide used in paint products. Court documents did not specify how much each would pay. Here we assume they each paid an equal share.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 5:13cv1180
Case Name: Jan Harrison, et al v. E.I duPont de Nemours and Company et al
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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