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Company: CenturyLink Inc.
Current Parent Company: Lumen Technologies
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Penalty: $275,000
Year: 2021
Date: September 2, 2021
Offense Group: miscellaneous offenses
Primary Offense: civil contempt
Secondary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: CenturyLink Inc., now known as Lumen Technologies Inc., has agreed to pay $275,000 to resolve a civil contempt claim by the Department of Justice arising from CenturyLink's violations of the Amended Final Judgment that was designed to preserve competition following CenturyLink's 2018 acquisition of Level 3 Communications Inc.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.