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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Yahoo Inc.
Current Parent Company: Apollo Global Management
Penalty: $300,000
Year: 2018
Date: November 15, 2018
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Yahoo agreed to provide an unspecified amount of credits and $300,000 in legal fees to settle litigation alleging it improperly renewed subscriptions to its college sports pay site without authorization.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 5:17cv2745
Case Name: Wahl v. Yahoo ! Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
Specific Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
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