TL;DR: Better Choice Brands, LLC, a Delaware imported and distributed a pesticide called BCB Paraquat MUP without the required manufacturing registration number on its label. Federal law requires this number on every pesticide product sold in the U.S. The EPA…
Kinder Morgan Delta Terminal Services failed to protect the public and its workers by ignoring fundamental hazardous waste safety laws at its Harvey, Louisiana facility. During an EPA inspection, officials discovered that the company stored incompatible chemicals together without safety…
A $150,000 Fine for a $150 Million Conflict TL;DR The Facts: In July 2021, Barclays Capital Inc. acted as an underwriter for a ~$700 million Initial Public Offering (IPO) while having a direct, acknowledged conflict of interest. The Misconduct: Roughly…
TL;DR THE FACTS: Between May 2020 and November 2023, a Pennsylvania auto shop named CB Tuning, LLC sold nine illegal “defeat devices” designed to disable emission control systems on cars, a direct violation of the federal Clean Air Act. THE…
TL;DR A class action lawsuit alleges Kradle, LLC, a pet products company, illegally enrolls customers into automatically renewing subscriptions without their knowledge or consent. The company’s website (kradlemypet.com) and social media ads allegedly use deceptive designs (so called “dark patterns”)…
A River of Rot: How Thumann’s Treated New Jersey’s Water TL;DR Thumann’s Inc., a New Jersey meat packing company, was caught illegally discharging industrial waste from its Carlstadt facility into public waterways. Pollutants included processed meat parts, fats, oil, grease,…
TL;DR Data giant Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) was caught, for a second time, trapping small businesses in deceptive auto-renewing subscriptions for “credit-building” products. An FTC investigation found D&B misrepresented the value of these products, lying about their ability to improve…
Broken Promises, Poisoned Air: Birla Carbon’s Three-Year Delay TL;DR In 2018, Birla Carbon U.S.A., Inc. signed a legally binding Consent Decree with the U.S. government, Louisiana, and Kansas, promising to install pollution control technology at its carbon black plants by…
TL;DR From the 1930s to 1979, Monsanto was the sole manufacturer of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), a class of toxic chemicals. Internal knowledge proves Monsanto knew PCBs were toxic as early as 1937 and knew they would “inevitably leak” from the…
Poison for Profit in Oregon TL;DR THE FACTS: Portland General Electric (PGE) and Tillamook (operating as Columbia River Processing) generate hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater contaminated with industrial-strength levels of nitrates every year. They pay the Port of…