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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal

Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Description: This list shows cases in which companies paid penalties of $25 million or more in cases related to illegal conspiracies to fix the price of various goods and services.
Penalty Total since 2000: $45,543,807,570
Number of Penalty Records: 447
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Microsoft$1,270,000,0003
Altria$1,215,600,0003
Exxon Mobil$1,075,000,0001
Samsung Electronics$1,052,922,2428
Marsh & McLennan$919,000,0002
LG Display Co Ltd$855,000,0004
UBS$843,666,6668
Dow Inc.$835,000,0001
American International Group$819,000,0001
Yazaki$758,080,0003

Individual Penalty Records:

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CompanyCurrent ParentCurrent Parent IndustryPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.financial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2007private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.Cal-Maine Foodsfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
Eastern Mushroom Marketing Cooperative, Inc. et al. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
Hitachi Displays, LtdHitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
HolyStone International price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
Kuehne + Nagel International AGKuehne & Nagelfreight and logisticsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
Bertelsmann Music Group Inc.Sonyelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2003MULTI-AG$27,775,000
Shaw Industries Inc.Berkshire Hathawaydiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2001private lawsuit-federal$27,500,000
House of Raeford FarmsHouse of Raeford Farms Inc.food productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2024private lawsuit-federal$27,500,000
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Walmartretailingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$27,250,000
Lonza AGLonzachemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2004private lawsuit-federal$27,240,000
Sony Music Entertainment Inc.Sonyelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2003MULTI-AG$27,225,000
Electronic Arts Inc.Electronic Artsentertainmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$27,000,000
Societe GeneraleSociete Generalefinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016MULTI-AG$26,750,000
Qantas Airways LimitedQantas Airwaysairlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$26,750,000
Corning Inc.Corning Inc.miscellaneous manufacturingprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$26,600,000
Hitachi Ltd.Hitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$26,501,154
Leggett & Platt Inc.Leggett & Plattdiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$26,500,000
Bank of AmericaBank of Americafinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$26,420,000
Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC dba MacMillan price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014MULTI-AG$26,250,000
NSK Ltd.NSKindustrial equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$26,220,000
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd.Toyoda Goseiautomotive partsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014DOJ_ANTITRUST$26,000,000
Epson Imaging Devices CorporationEpsonelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2009DOJ_ANTITRUST$26,000,000
Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc.Hitachidiversifiedprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$26,000,000
FMC CorporationFMC Corp.chemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2006private lawsuit-federal$25,700,000
HannStar Display CorporationHannStar Displayelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011MULTI-AG$25,650,000
HannStar Display CorporationHannStar Displayelectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$25,650,000
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.Sumitomo Electric Industrieselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$25,421,000
Societe Generale, S.A.Societe Generalefinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$25,412,500
DuPont Dow Elastomers LLCDuPont de Nemourschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005private lawsuit-federal$25,400,000
Bumble Bee Foods LLCFCF Co.food productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017DOJ_ANTITRUST$25,000,000
Chesapeake Energy Corp.Expand Energy Corporationoil and gasprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2015MI-AG$25,000,000
Merrill Lynch Commodities Inc.Bank of Americafinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019DOJ_CRIMINAL$25,000,000
Asahi Kaisei CorporationAsahi Kaseichemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
Depo Auto Parts Ind. Co. Ltd. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
DSM Elastomers Europe B.V.Lanxesschemicalsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2010private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
ELNA Co. Ltd. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2020private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
Land O'Lakes, Inc.Land O'Lakesfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
LG ElectronicsLG Electronicselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
LG ElectronicsLG Electronicselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
TYC Brother Industrial Co. Ltd. price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
United Parcel Service, Inc.United Parcel Servicefreight and logisticsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
JBS USA Food Co.JBSfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
Vitol, Inc.Vitolfinancial servicesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2024CA-AG$25,000,000
SK Energy Americas, Inc.SK Holdingselectrical and electronic equipmentprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2024CA-AG$25,000,000
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc.Glenmark PharmaceuticalspharmaceuticalsFalse Claims Act and related2024DOJ_CIVIL$25,000,000
Hormel Foods CorporationHormel Foodsfood productsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2024private lawsuit-federal$4,856,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.