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Company: Meritor, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Cummins
Penalty: $4,150,000
Year: 2013
Date: February 22, 2013
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: Meritor Inc. and Purolator Products together agreed to pay $8.3 million to direct purchaser plaintiffs to settle litigation alleging they were part of a conspiracy to fix the prices of vehicle filters. Court documents did not indicate how much each company would pay. Here we assume they split the total evenly between them.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of Illinois
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:08cv4883 MDL 1957
Case Name: In re: Aftermarket Filters Antitrust Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Indiana
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous manufacturing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: engines
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