On August 15, 2024, Walmart announced the recall of nearly 9,535 cases of its Great Value brand apple juice products. At the heart of this recall—and the class action lawsuit that followed—lies a shocking fact: these apple juice bottles allegedly…
On July 15, 2020, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (the “Bureau”) filed a civil action against Townstone Financial, Inc. (“Townstone”). The Bureau’s Amended Complaint, now culminating in a Stipulated Final Judgment and Order dated November 1, 2024, alleges that…
On a quiet stretch of land in North St. Louis County, Missouri, a legal battleground has been raging over allegations that tens of millions of dollars in cleanup costs resulted from the negligent handling of hazardous, radioactive waste. The legal…
On August 21, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order against Colville, Inc., a company operating in Prudhoe Bay and Deadhorse, Alaska, for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The 24-page…
Late October 2024 saw the filing of a consolidated class-action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, targeting The Hershey Company (“Hershey”) over allegedly heightened levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the packaging…
It began, as so many corporate misdeeds do, with grand promises—promises so enticing they sounded like the perfect solution for students seeking a leg up in a competitive job market. According to an official complaint filed by the Consumer Financial…
In a world where corporate giants often prioritize profits over principles, the recent settlement between Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. and the EPA serves as a glaring reminder of the consequences of negligence. The company has agreed to pay $237,537 for…
Fairway, a major lender in the mortgage market, is accused of systematically avoiding offering loans in majority-Black neighborhoods in the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). In essence, the legal complaint alleges a pattern of redlining—a historically rooted form of racial…
In the public record of environmental enforcement actions, few documents are as startling as the revised consent decree entered on August 30, 2021, between the United States government, the State of Indiana, and United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel). The…
In a timely reminder of how corporate misconduct can unfurl under the pressures of profit-maximization and neoliberal capitalism, a recent legal action targets the practices of Goldman Sachs Bank USA in connection with the Apple Card program. The most damning…