---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-118869"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DG"
cik: "0000029534"
company_name: "DOLLAR GENERAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-10-26T21:26:19+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-26T21:28:11.637139+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dollar General sued by FTC and states over marketing and privacy claims; civil penalties sought

## Summary
- FTC, with unnamed states, filed suit Oct. 26, 2026 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee alleging violations of FTC Act Sec. 5(a) and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
- Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief, a monetary judgment, civil penalties and other relief, and also allege violations of state consumer protection and weights-and-measures laws.
- Dollar General received an FTC staff draft complaint and draft settlement order on Sept. 23, 2026; the FTC demanded significant monetary relief with no prior settlement talks.
- Company calls the FTC's redress assumptions and methodology unsupported and says they materially overstate alleged consumer harm; it intends to vigorously defend the case.
- Dollar General warns an unsuccessful defense could have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial statements; it has cooperated since a Jan. 30, 2026 CID.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-118869
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DG
- cik: 0000029534
- company_name: DOLLAR GENERAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-10-26T21:26:19+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000110465926118869/0001104659-26-118869-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000110465926118869/tm2628315d1_8k.htm

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