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Company: Smurfit Stone Container Corporation
Current Parent Company: WestRock
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Penalty: $92,500,000
Year: 2004
Date: April 21, 2004
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: Smurfit Stone agreed to pay over $92 million to settle its role in litigation alleging that major producers of linerboard engaged in price fixing.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2:10md1261
Case Name: In re Linerboard Antitrust Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Virginia
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: paper and packaging
Specific Industry of Current Parent: packaging
Source of Data: 321 F.Supp.2d 619 (E.D. Pa. 2004)
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