Corporate Negligence Case Study: LG Electronics & Its Impact on Consumer Safety TL;DR: For a decade, LG Electronics USA, Inc. allegedly sold hundreds of thousands of electric ranges with a dangerous defect that could cause them to turn on by…
Corporate Malfeasance Case Study: CVS Health & Its Impact on Worker Freedom TLDR: A lawsuit filed in California accuses CVS Health of systematically forcing prospective employees to sign illegal non-compete and invention assignment agreements as a condition of employment. The…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Thurston Springer Financial & Its Impact on Investor Protection TL;DR Summary: For years, Indiana-based broker-dealer Thurston Springer Financial operated with a hollowed-out compliance system, according to a settlement with financial regulators. The firm failed to implement…
Corporate Malfeasance Case Study: Celtic Ocean International, LLC & Its Impact on Public Health TL;DR: A lawsuit alleges that Celtic Ocean International, the company behind the popular Selina Naturally® Celtic Sea Salt®, has been selling products contaminated with significant levels…
Corporate Pollution Case Study: McWane, Inc.’s Clow Valve & Its Impact on Environmental Safety TL;DR: At its machine shop in Oskaloosa, Iowa, McWane, Inc.’s Clow Valve division was cited for a series of environmental safety violations following a federal inspection.…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Safeguard Metals LLC & Its Impact on Investor Trust TLDR: A federal court ordered Safeguard Metals LLC and its principal, Jeffrey Ikahn, to pay over $55 million for their roles in a scheme that defrauded investors.…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Unicoin Inc. & Its Impact on Defrauded Investors TL;DR: In a stunning exhibition of corporate malfeasance, Unicoin, Inc., along with its top executives, stands accused of orchestrating a massive fraud that siphoned over $100 million from…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Vanguard Holdings Group & Its Impact on American Investors TLDR From May 2021 to February 2024, a trio of Texas men orchestrated a massive Ponzi scheme, defrauding over 200 investors of at least $91 million. They…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Redbridge Securities LLC & Its Impact on Market Integrity TLDR: Redbridge Securities LLC, a FINRA member firm, engaged in significant corporate misconduct by failing to establish and implement an adequate anti-money laundering (AML) program for several…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Apple Inc. & Its Impact on Environmentally-Conscious Consumers TLDR: Apple Inc. is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging that its highly marketed “carbon neutral” claims for certain Apple Watch models are false and misleading. The lawsuit contends…