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Company: Costco Wholesale Corp.
Current Parent Company: Costco
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Penalty: $250,000
Year: 2018
Date: March 19, 2018
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Costco and JBR agreed to jointly pay $500,000 in settlement of allegations by 25 California District Attorneys that they sold plastic coffee pods with misleading marketing claims related to biodegradability and compostability. The announcement did not specify how much each company would pay. Here we assume the amount was divided equally between them.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: multi-county
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.