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Company: Rite Aid Corp.
Current Parent Company: Rite Aid
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Penalty: $2,800,000
Year: 2000
Date: April 14, 2000
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Rite Aid Corp. agreed to pay $2.8 million in civil penalties to settle a lawsuit filed by a dozen California District Attorneys and the San Diego City Attorney alleging that it engaged in misleading advertising and unfair competition.
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: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-pharmacies
Source of Data: Rite Aid to Pay $2.8 Million; Alameda County, Other Agencies Filed Suit, San Jose Mercury News, April 14, 2000 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.