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Company: Rent-A-Center
Current Parent Company: Rent-A-Center
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Penalty: $11,000,000
Year: 2008
Date: February 4, 2008
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Level of Government: state
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Superior Court of State of California, County of Los Angeles
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: BC282274
Case Name: Eric?Shafer,?et al. v. Rent-A-Center, Inc. and Victor E. Johnson et al. v. Rent-A-Center, Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail
Source of Data: (click here)
Notes: In February 2008 the company issued a press release announcing that it had recorded a pre-tax expense of $11 million in connection with the settlement of these two cases.
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.