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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Gillette Company
Current Parent Company: Procter & Gamble
Penalty: $7,500,000
Year: 2011
Date: March 29, 2011
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Gillette agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle litigation alleging it made baseless claims in advertisements for its M3 Power Razor.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: District of Massachusetts
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:05-cv-11177
Case Name: In Re M3 Power Razor System Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Ohio
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: household and personal care products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: household & personal care products
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