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Breaches of arbitrary rules, such as a visitor ban, could attract hefty "fines" from his previous employer, who leased him the room.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Breaches of the law can lead to fines of up to 6% of a company’s global annual revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Breaches could lead to a fine of 6% of turnover and potentially suspension of the service.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2023

Breaches included not acting with due skill, care and diligence, as well as not having effective risk management strategies and controls.

From Reuters • Jul. 24, 2023

Breaches of the edict were not unfrequent; but the death of so powerful a noble, a chief favourite, too, of the king, took it altogether out of the ordinary category of such events.

From Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)