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Company: American Express Publishing Corp.
Penalty: $600,000
Year: 2011
Date: May 20, 2011
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: A publishing arm of credit card issuer American Express Corp. agreed to pay $600,000 in penalties to settle a false advertising case brought by District Attorneys in Marin, Napa, Sonoma, Solano and Santa Cruz counties.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: multi-county
Source of Data: American Express to settle with Bay Area counties over alleged false advertising, San Jose Mercury News, May 20, 2011 (via Nexis).
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