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Company: Apple Inc.
Current Parent Company: Apple Inc.
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Penalty: $50,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: March 16, 2023
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: product safety violation
Violation Description: Apple agreed to pay $50 million to settle litigation alleging it knowingly sold laptops with defective butterfly-type keyboards.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 5:18-cv-02813
Case Name: In Re: MacBook Keyboard Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: electrical and electronic equipment
Specific Industry of Current Parent: computers
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