TL;DR On May 2, 2020, a Brunswick-built boat called the Pajivo exploded on the Lake of the Ozarks, killing passenger Shawn Carroll and severely injuring Lauren Wilken. The Carroll family and Wilken sued Brunswick Corporation, alleging the boat’s fuel fill…
In 2024, AT&T, a titan of the telecommunications industry, was compelled to confront the consequences of two colossal data security failures that compromised the information of nearly 200 million accounts. The ensuing legal firestorm, culminating in a $177 million class-action…
TL;DR FACT: Ford Motor Company is recalling 103,174 of its 2023-2025 F-150 trucks due to a manufacturing defect. MISCONDUCT: A rear axle hub bolt can break, stripping the splines. This can cause a complete loss of power while driving or…
TL;DR Specialty Networks and Prime Imaging left the health records of more than 400,000 patients unencrypted, and hackers walked right through their front door on December 11, 2023. The stolen data includes Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications, driver’s license numbers,…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Spinnaker Real Estate Partners & Its Impact on Connecticut Tenants A major Connecticut real estate management company, Spinnaker Real Estate Partners, LLC, along with its network of affiliate companies, systematically and repeatedly failed to provide tenants…
Investigative Report • Consumer Privacy • Class Action Cash App Turned Your Friends Into Spam Bots Filed: November 13, 2023 • Block, Inc. (d/b/a Cash App) • Washington State Class Action • $12.5M Settlement TL;DR Cash App, owned by Block,…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Oasis Seed Cooperative & Its Impact on Regulatory Oversight TLDR: For two years in a row, Oasis Seed Cooperative, a Utah-based agricultural company, failed to provide the U.S. government with mandatory reports detailing its pesticide production…
Corporate Accountability / Environmental Law / Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Acid in the River, Decades of Delay, and One Company’s Fight to Make Someone Else Pay EvilCorporations.com Investigative Desk Filed: February 19, 2025 | Case No. 23-1349 | U.S.…
TL;DR Yorozu Automotive, a Japanese-owned auto parts manufacturer, operated out of compliance with federal environmental law for approximately two years before the EPA stepped in. The U.S. EPA Region 4 issued a formal consent agreement and final order, confirmed and…
Labor Accountability / Wage Theft / Service Industry The Black Box Tip System That Left Restaurant Workers in the Dark EvilCorporations.com Investigative Desk | Source: U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Decision Filed July 25, 2025 TL;DR The Ridge Great…