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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Groupon Inc.
Current Parent Company: Groupon
Penalty: $8,500,000
Year: 2016
Date: March 23, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Groupon agreed to pay over $8 million to settle litigation alleging it sold vouchers with illegal expiration dates.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Southern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:11-md-02238
Case Name: In re: Groupon, Inc., Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: internet services
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