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Company: Qwest Communications
Current Parent Company: Lumen Technologies
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Penalty: $25,900,000
Year: 2005
Date: November 1, 2005
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: An appeals court upheld a $25.9 million fine against Qwest, Minnesota's dominant phone company, for cutting secret deals with competitors.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Minnesota
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Louisiana
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Source of Data: Appeals court upholds $25.9 million fine against Qwest, Associated Press, November 1, 2005 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.