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French antitrust body fines Apple £1 billion for anticompetitive behaviour

March 16, 2020 France\'s competition watchdog today fined Apple 1.1 billion euros for anticompetitive behaviour in its distribution network and an abuse of economic dependence on its resellers.

Dominion to pay $1.4 million fire for alleged violations of Virginia’s environmental laws

March 16, 2020 Dominion will pay $1.4 million and improve environmental monitoring.

Southern Boundary Wines fined $1.7m

March 14, 2020 A Canterbury company has been sentenced for a raft of charges related to fraudulently blending and mislabelling wine.

AG Herring and DEQ reach settlement with Essex Solar over environmental violations

March 13, 2020 Attorney General Mark R. Herring and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) reached a settlement with Essex Solar, LLC and McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. over alleged “significant, repeated discharges of sediment, a pollutant, into state waters resulting from the construction activities and operations at the Essex Solar Farm.”

BAR Group pays penalty for alleged misleading advertising

March 12, 2020 B.A.R Group Pty Ltd has paid a penalty of $12,600 after the ACCC issued an infringement notice for allegedly misleading consumers about the running power of a portable generator.

Over £3m in fines and £1m for NHS in UK CMA pharma probe

March 6, 2020 The probe by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into the supply of nortriptyline, a drug relied on by thousands of patients every day to relieve symptoms of depression, has resulted in fines totalling more than £3.4 million, and a payment of £1 million directly to the NHS.

Roche ltée to pay $750,000 in settlement for Quebec bid rigging

March 6, 2020 Roche ltée, Groupe conseil (now Norda Stelo Inc.) has been ordered to pay $750,000 over 4 years for bid rigging on municipal infrastructure contracts in the province of Quebec.

Croatian Plodine fined for engagement in unfair trading practices

March 6, 2020 In its ruling the Administrative Court in Rijeka rejected the claim of Plodine in the administrative dispute challenging the decision of the Croatian Competition Agency.

AdC fines five companies, board members or directors involved in railway cartel

March 6, 2020 The AdC (Portuguese Competition Authority) adopted a sanctioning decision that concludes the process initiated in 2016 which resulted in a total fine of €3.4 million imposed on five companies and five board members or directors involved in a cartel in railway maintenance in public tenders launched by Infraestruturas de Portugal in 2014 and 2015.

UK slaps £500,000 fine on Cathay Pacific for 9.4m customer data leak

March 5, 2020 The Information Commissioner\'s Office has fined Cathay Pacific Airways £500,000 for leaky security that exposed the personal data of 9.4 million passengers.

Sandoz admits to antitrust crimes, will pay $195 million fine

March 3, 2020 Sandoz was charged for conspiring to allocate customers, rig bids, and fix prices for generic drugs, the Department of Justice announced.

AG Brnovich announces nearly $11 million settlement with CenturyLink

March 3, 2020 Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced that his office has secured a nearly $11 million Arizona Consent Judgment with CenturyLink.