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Company: Juul Labs and Altria
Current Parent Company: Juul Labs
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Penalty: $60,500,000
Year: 2023
Date: May 17, 2023
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Mega-Scandal: Vaping Marketing
Violation Description: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the details of his Office's settlement with Juul and Altri for deceptively marketing e-cigarettes, which includes $60.5 million in combined payments by the two companies and public disclosure of Juul and Altria internal documents.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Minnesota Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Minnesota
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: tobacco
Specific Industry of Current Parent: electronic cigarettes
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.