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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Microsoft Corporation
Current Parent Company: Microsoft
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $1,100,000,000
Year: 2006
Date: January 9, 2006
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: Microsoft agreed to provide vouchers worth an estimated $1.1 billion to settle litigation alleging it engaged in price-gouging. The settlement was affirmed by the California Court of Appeals: (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Court of Appeal of California, First District
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 135 Cal.App.4th 706, 711 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006)
Case Name: In re Microsoft I-V Cases
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: software
Source of Data: (click here)
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