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Company: Microsoft
Current Parent Company:
Microsoft
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:
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Penalty: $100,000,000
Year: 2009
Date: June 11, 2009
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal:
Price Fixing
Violation Description: Microsoft agreed to pay $40 million and provide $60 million in hardware/software vouchers for state organizations in settlement of allegations it used the dominant position of Microsoft Windows to hamper competition.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Mississippi Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Mississippi
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: software
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