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Company: Philips Lighting North America Corp.
Current Parent Company: Signify NV
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Penalty: $2,000,000
Year: 2015
Date: November 24, 2015
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: product safety violation
Violation Description: Philips Lighting North America Corp. agreed to pay a $2 million civil penalty to settle charges that the company knowingly failed to report information about a defect and an unreasonable risk of serious injury with EnergySaver compact fluorescent lamps.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Netherlands
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous manufacturing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: lighting products
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