Corporate Greed Case Study: Zero Edge & Its Impact on Investors TLDR: A CEO raised nearly $4 million for a tech startup and allegedly lost almost all of it in four days on risky crypto trades and online gambling. Richard…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: XCL Resources, EP Energy, and The High Price of Greed (TL;DR) To settle allegations of illegal pre-merger coordination, three Houston-based energy companies—XCL Resources Holdings, LLC, Verdun Oil Company II LLC, and EP Energy LLC—were ordered to…
Corporate Pollution Case Study: The Sherwin-Williams Company & Its Impact on Public Health TL;DR: In a stunning illustration of corporate negligence, The Sherwin-Williams Company stands accused by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of a laundry list of environmental and safety…
Corporate Pollution Case Study: The Starco Group & Its Impact on Public Health and Safety TL;DR: A Pattern of Secrecy and Disregard A California-based pesticide producer, The Starco Group, Inc., has been cited for repeatedly failing to inform the U.S.…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Ultramar Inc. & Its Impact on Public Health TL;DR: A major petroleum refinery operator, Ultramar Inc., recently agreed to pay a $270,437 penalty after federal regulators alleged the company repeatedly failed to comply with critical public…
Corporate Greed Case Study: The ‘Creative Financing’ Scheme & Its Impact on American Investors TL;DR: According to a complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, two entrepreneurs, Joel J. Natario and Jefferson “Patch” Baker, allegedly orchestrated a sophisticated fraud,…
TL;DR Ford Motor Company sold over 20,000 hybrid vehicles (2020-2024 Escape and 2021-2024 Corsair models) with high-voltage lithium-ion batteries that pose a “Spontaneous Fire Risk,” meaning they can catch fire and explode even when parked and turned off. Ford knew…
The Fiverr Bait-And-Switch “Junk Fee” Scheme TL;DR The Facts: A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Fiverr, Inc. in California, alleging the company violates the state’s Honest Pricing Law. The Misconduct: The lawsuit claims Fiverr uses an illegal “drip pricing”…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Live Nation & Ticketmaster’s Impact on Ticket Buyers TLDR: A sweeping class-action lawsuit alleges that Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, have engineered a deceptive “bait and switch” scheme to extract billions from consumers through hidden…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: CooperSurgical & Its Impact on IVF Patients TLDR: A class-action lawsuit alleges that CooperSurgical, Inc., a major women’s health and fertility company, manufactured and sold a defective solution essential for in-vitro fertilization (IVF). The complaint claims…