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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Philips Electronics North America
Current Parent Company: Royal Philips
Penalty: $2,500,000
Year: 2011
Date: May 10, 2011
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Philips agreed to provide customers vouchers in an unspecified amount and pay $2.5 million in legal fees and expenses to resolve a class action multidistrict litigation accusing the company and other baby bottle manufacturers of selling products with bisphenol-A (BPA).
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Western District of Missouri
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 4:08-md-01967
Case Name: In Re: Bisphenol-A (BPA) Polycarbonate Plastic Products Liability Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: Netherlands
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: diversified
Specific Industry of Current Parent: diversified
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