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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Wacoal America Inc.
Penalty: $350,000
Year: 2016
Date: November 1, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Wacoal America agreed to pay $350,000 to resolve allegations by a group of California district attorneys that it ran ads falsely claiming that its underwear promoted weight loss.
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
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