Westminster, MD | May 2024 | U.S. EPA Enforcement Action EvilCorporations.com | Environmental Accountability Desk Toxic Runoff Next Door: How Shifflett’s Used Auto Parts Poisoned a Public River for Years TL;DR Shifflett’s Used Auto Parts in Westminster, Maryland ran an…
Environmental Accountability • Clean Air Act • Missouri, 2024 They Hid 283 Lead Pollution Events. Missouri Paid the Price. Battery giant EnerSys Energy Products ran three Missouri factories that recorded hundreds of failures in lead emission controls, then buried the…
Data Breach / Corporate Accountability / Consumer Rights Self Esteem Brands Let a Massive Breach Run for Six Months. Now They’re Offering Victims $25. Source: Settlement Agreement and Release — Anderson v. Self Esteem Brands, LLC d/b/a Purpose Brands TL;DR…
Environmental Enforcement / Industrial Hazards / Clean Air Act Toxic Leak, Pocket Change Fine FGF Brands released a toxic cloud of ammonia at its Indiana bakery, racked up nine separate safety violations, and walked away paying $133,857, less than what…
TL;DR Circle K’s parent company, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (ACT), tried to buy 270 gas stations from Giant Eagle in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The Federal Trade Commission filed a formal complaint on June 25, 2025, charging the deal would illegally…
Wage Theft & Corporate Accountability They Stole Her Time.The Court Made Them Pay. VIP Mortgage forced a loan officer to work unpaid overtime for six years, then spent corporate resources fighting her in court. She won anyway. Published December 2025…
TL;DR West-Con’s Holloway, Minnesota plant operated for over three years without a federally required chemical accident safety plan, missing a May 16, 2022 deadline and only submitting the update on August 25, 2025. The plan West-Con skipped, a Risk Management…
TL;DR THE FACTS: Starting in March 2022, Uber entered into a series of agreements with its direct competitors: the taxi-hailing apps Curb, ARRO, and Flywheel. These deals integrated their services directly into the Uber app. THE MISCONDUCT: A class-action lawsuit…
Toxic Waste / Corporate Accountability / Petaluma, California They Hid the Poison A biotech company in California stored hazardous chemicals with no permit, skipped safety checks 32 times, left toxic containers wide open, and got away with a fine smaller…
Retirement Robbery / ERISA Breach / Class Action They Sold Workers’ Retirement Stock for $35 Million Less Than It Was Worth. Then They Tried to Lock the Exits. Source: United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit | Decided: December 15,…