Chemical Roulette: Continental Tire’s $415,000 Fee for Ignoring Public Safety TL;DR The Facts: Continental Tire the Americas, LLC was slapped with a $415,000 civil penalty by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for multiple violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Amazon.com Inc. & Its Impact on Global Ecosystems and Consumer Trust TLDR: A sweeping class-action lawsuit alleges that Amazon.com, Inc., the world’s largest e-commerce company, has engaged in a systematic campaign of deception. The company is…
Adobe’s Shadow Profile: How Your Clicks Become Their Commodity TL;DR A class-action lawsuit alleges Adobe Inc. built a massive, secret surveillance system to track millions of internet users across different websites, apps, and devices. Adobe allegedly created a persistent identifier…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Compana Pet Brands & Its Impact on Pet Owners TLDR: A class-action lawsuit claims that Compana Pet Brands and Premium Nutritional Products, Inc. are deceiving consumers by marketing their ZuPreem brand pet food as “natural.” The…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Fanatics & Its Impact on the Sports Trading Card Market TLDR: A Summary of the Allegations A recent class-action lawsuit alleges that sports apparel giant Fanatics has engaged in a calculated, multi-front campaign to systematically eliminate…
Corporate Greed Case Study: GEICO & Its Impact on Insured Americans TLDR: A lawsuit alleges that GEICO’s “Accident Forgiveness” program is a deceptive sham. According to the legal complaint, the company promises customers their rates will not increase after their…
Your Car is a Corporate Spy TL;DR A class-action lawsuit (Case 4:25-cv-00406) has been filed against Toyota, Progressive Insurance, and data broker Connected Analytic Services (CAS). The lawsuit alleges these corporations created a system to secretly collect detailed driving data…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Segway Inc. & Its Impact on Consumer Safety TL;DR: The Corporate Misconduct Allegations Segway Inc. is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging it knowingly sold approximately 220,000 defective Ninebot KickScooters with a folding mechanism that can catastrophically…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Evolve Bank & Trust and Lineage Bank & Their Impact on FinTech Savers TLDR: Thousands of Americans who used popular financial technology (FinTech) apps to save their money have been locked out of their accounts, with…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. & Its Impact on Consumer Health TL;DR: A lawsuit alleges that S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., the maker of Ziploc bags, intentionally misled families by marketing its products as “Microwave Safe”…