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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Kohl's Corporation
Current Parent Company: Kohl's
Penalty: $6,150,000
Year: 2019
Date: March 5, 2019
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Kohl's agreed to pay more than $6 million to settle litigation alleging it deceived customers into thinking they were receiving larger discounts than was actually the case.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Central District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 5:15-cv-01143
Case Name: Steven Russell v. Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Wisconsin
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-department stores
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