Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Current Parent Company:
Kimberly-Clark
Penalty:
$300,000
Year:
2000
Date:
June 6, 2000
Offense Group:
competition-related offenses
Primary Offense:
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description:
Four manufacturers of paper products agreed to a $1.2 million settlement -- $350,000 in cash and $850,000 in paper products -- to resolve price-fixing allegations brought by New York, Maryland and West Virginia. The settle did not specify how the amount was to be divided up among the four companies; here we assume the total was split evenly among them.
Level of Government:
state
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
Texas
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
household and personal care products
Specific Industry of Parent:
personal care products
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
