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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Warner Music Group
Current Parent Company: Access Industries
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Penalty: $7,000,000
Year: 2004
Date: May 4, 2004
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Violation Description: The New York Attorney General reached an agreement with a group of recording companies in which they agreed to return nearly $50 million in unclaimed royalties to thousands of performers. The announcement did not specify how the payments would be divided. Here we assume they were split evenly among the companies.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: diversified
Specific Industry of Current Parent: diversified
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