Corporate Accountability / Financial Enforcement A federal judge just now finalized nearly $274 million in restitution and disgorgement obligations, added a $45.1 million civil penalty, and permanently barred Eddy Alexandre and EminiFX from a wide range of commodities-related activities. I…
Drug Access · Generic Competition · Corporate Power United Therapeutics helped control the supply of a delivery component its generic rival needed. Pharmacies warned they could struggle to serve patients. Based on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third…
Environmental Right-to-Know EPA Says B & B Concrete Failed to Report Lead and Five Bulk Chemicals The company agreed to pay $33,601 after the EPA said its Tupelo, Mississippi, facility missed federal chemical-reporting deadlines covering 2022 and 2023. Chemical disclosure…
Judgment Collection • Corporate Accountability Five Workers Won $1.8 Million. Their Judgments Went Unpaid. The employees alleged that a network of toy companies and executives used false customs paperwork and other maneuvers to keep assets beyond their reach. The appeals…
SEC Enforcement · Default Judgment What an SEC Default Judgment Over Adviser Reports Actually Proves A Colorado federal judge imposed a permanent injunction and a $1,182,810 civil penalty after the defendant failed to answer the Securities and Exchange Commission’s complaint.…
Toxic exposure claims • Expert evidence Workers and nearby residents alleged that five compounds from Lockheed Martin’s Orlando facility caused multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s and other neurological diseases. Eleventh Circuit opinion filed July 28, 2026 Appeals Nos. 24-10080 and 24-10416 Published…
Housing safety and regulatory enforcement EPA Says Six South Carolina Leases Omitted Required Lead Disclosures The agency alleged that Anderson Property Management failed to include five federally required warning and disclosure elements in each lease. The company agreed to a…
Securities Enforcement Inside the Proposed $90,000 SEC Judgment Against Christopher Vaughan Christopher Vaughan consented to injunctions, an officer-and-director bar and a civil penalty. The supplied court filing is unsigned, however, and it doesn’t identify any affected investors or quantify their…
Consumer health · Drug regulation · Federal courts FDA Said Oral Phenylephrine Didn’t Work. Most Buyer Claims Were Still Blocked Consumers alleged that drugmakers sold at least $12 billion in oral decongestants after learning the active ingredient was ineffective. A…
Insider Trading Allegations Ontrak’s Chairman Sold $20 Million in Stock Before a 44% Drop, SEC Alleges Terren Peizer adopted two trading plans with no waiting period while Ontrak’s largest customer relationship was deteriorating, according to an SEC complaint. The plans…