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Company: Freedom Communications dba Orange County Register
Current Parent Company: Digital First Media
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Penalty: $22,000,000
Year: 2009
Date: June 25, 2009
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Violation Description: misclassification
Level of Government: state
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Superior Court of State of California, County of Orange
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 03CC08756
Case Name: Gonzalez VS Freedom Communications, Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Colorado
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: media
Specific Industry of Current Parent: newspapers
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