Over the last year, Panasonic expanded coverage for transgender-related health services, integration of intersectionality in professional development and training, and an inclusive restroom policy.
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Panasonic ramps up Kansas battery plant production
Panasonic will increase output at its Kansas battery plant to 50% of capacity in the coming months.
Panasonic opened its second battery plant in the U.S. on Monday.
Panasonic Opens World’s Largest EV Battery Plant In The U.S. Home Tesla News Panasonic Opens World’s Largest EV Battery Plant In Kansas While Tesla sales continue to slide, its main battery supplier is going all guns blazing with local battery production in the U.S. Photo by: Panasonic Energy Suvrat Kothari By: Suvrat Kothari Jul 14, 2025 at 12:45pm ET Facebook X LinkedIn Flipboard Reddit WhatsApp E-Mail copy Share Comment Panasonic opened its second battery plant in the U.S. on Monday. It's located in De Soto, Kansas.
The Japanese electronics giant’s parent company will pay $143 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission, while its Southern California subsidiary, Panasonic Avionics, will pay $137 million in penalties to the U.S. Justice Department, federal prosecutors said.
Panasonic to pay $280M to settle federal corruption probe | AP News
The Japanese electronics giant’s parent company will pay $143 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission, while its Southern California subsidiary, Panasonic Avionics, will pay $137 million in penalties to the U.S. Justice Department, federal prosecutors said.
Panasonic to pay $280M to settle federal corruption probe | AP News
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two former senior executives of the U.S. subsidiary of Panasonic Corp. with knowingly violating the books and records and internal accounting controls provisions of the federal securities laws and causing similar violations by the parent company.
Panasonic Corp settled a cease-and-desist proceeding over alleged violations of federal securities laws including anti-bribery, anti-fraud, books and records, internal accounting controls, and reporting provisions.
In April of this year, the Commission instituted a related settled cease-and-desist proceeding against Panasonic Corp. finding that it violated the anti-bribery, anti-fraud, books and records, internal accounting controls, and reporting provisions of the federal securities laws.
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Panasonic Corp. clarified its behavioral guidelines to state that discrimination must not be practiced against employees who identify
The documented action involving Panasonic Corp. concerns same-sex couples.
Panasonic Corp. is poised to amend its in-house employee rules in April to recognize same-sex couples as having a relationship equivalent to marriage, and will clarify its behavioral guidelines to state that discrimination must not be practiced against employees who identify as LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender).
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Kawaguchi Manufacturing filed a complaint against Panasonic Corporation
Kawaguchi Manufacturing, represented by lawyers, filed a complaint against Panasonic Corporation and Sony Corporation at the Japanese NCP.
(“Kawaguchi Manufacturing”), represented by lawyers, filed a complaint against Kawaguchi Manufacturing, Sony Corporation (“Sony”) and Panasonic Corporation (“Panasonic”) at the Japanese NCP.
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Panasonic faces allegations over abuses
Japanese electronics giants Sony and Panasonic say they have investigated abuses and are severing ties with the company.
Japanese electronics giants Sony and Panasonic say they have investigated abuses and are severing ties with the company.
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Panasonic faces ruling over antitrust law
Antitrust: Commission fines rechargeable battery producers € 166 million in cartel settlement The European Commission has fined Sony, Panasonic and Sanyo a total of € 166 million.
Antitrust: Commission fines rechargeable battery producers € 166 million in cartel settlement The European Commission has fined Sony, Panasonic and Sanyo a total of € 166 million.
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Panasonic faces allegations over faces worker protection enforcement action
MEXICO CITY, April 18 (Reuters) - A Mexican union on Monday asked the U.S. government to investigate a Panasonic plant for alleged worker rights abuses, the latest in a series of disputes seeking to leverage a new trade deal to improve workplace conditions in Mexico.
MEXICO CITY, April 18 (Reuters) - A Mexican union on Monday asked the U.S. government to investigate a Panasonic plant for alleged worker rights abuses, the latest in a series of disputes seeking to leverage a new trade deal to improve workplace conditions in Mexico.
UPDATE 1-Mexican union calls for U.S. probe into alleged labor abuses at Panasonic plant