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Company: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (Wabtec)
Current Parent Company: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (Wabtec)
Penalty: $36,950,000
Year: 2020
Date: August 26, 2020
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Secondary Offense: wage and hour violation
Mega-Scandal: Wage Fixing and No-Poaching Agreements
Violation Description: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (Wabtec) agreed to pay nearly $37 million to settle its role in litigation alleging it and Knorr-Bremse entered into an improper no-poach agreement not to hire each other's employees.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Western District of Pennsylvania
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2:18mc798 MDL 2850
Case Name: In re: Railway Industry Employee No-Poach Antitrust Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: industrial equipment
Specific Industry of Current Parent: industrial equipment
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