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Company: Star Pipe Products, Ltd.
Penalty: $120,000
Year: 2016
Date: April 25, 2016
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Secondary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Star Pipe Products, Ltd., a supplier of ductile iron pipe fittings, agreed to pay $120,000 in civil penalties to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that it violated a 2012 Commission order prohibiting it from sharing competitively sensitive information. It also agreed to an order modification that adds training and notification obligations to prevent future violations.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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