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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal
Mega-Scandal: Wage Fixing and No-Poaching Agreements
Description: This list shows cases in which companies paid penalties of $25 million or more to resolve allegations they improperly colluded to depress wages and salaries of specific types of workers.
Penalty Total since 2000: $792,950,000
Number of Penalty Records: 11
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 Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
| Apple Inc. | $103,750,000 | 1 |
| Alphabet Inc. | $103,750,000 | 1 |
| Intel | $103,750,000 | 1 |
| Adobe Systems | $103,750,000 | 1 |
| Walt Disney | $100,000,000 | 1 |
| Duke University | $54,500,000 | 1 |
| Comcast | $50,000,000 | 1 |
| Tenet Healthcare | $42,000,000 | 1 |
| Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (Wabtec) | $36,950,000 | 1 |
| JBS | $29,000,000 | 1 |
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the current parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| Adobe Systems Incorporated | Adobe Systems | information technology | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $103,750,000 |
| Apple Inc. | Apple Inc. | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $103,750,000 |
| Google Inc. | Alphabet Inc. | information technology | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $103,750,000 |
| Intel Corporation | Intel | electrical and electronic equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $103,750,000 |
| Walt Disney Company | Walt Disney | entertainment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $100,000,000 |
| Interexchange, Inc., et al. | | | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $65,500,000 |
| Duke University | Duke University | miscellaneous services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $54,500,000 |
| DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. | Comcast | telecommunications | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $50,000,000 |
| VHS of Michigan | Tenet Healthcare | healthcare services | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,000,000 |
| Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (Wabtec) | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (Wabtec) | industrial equipment | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $36,950,000 |
| Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | JBS | food products | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $29,000,000 |
