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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Trader Joe's Company
Current Parent Company: Aldi
Penalty: $3,375,000
Year: 2014
Date: July 11, 2014
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Trader Joe's agreed to pay over $3 million to settle litigation alleging it falsely advertised its food products as all-natural.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:11-cv-05188
Case Name: Larsen et al v. Trader Joe's Company
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: Germany
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-supermarkets
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