Valvoline Moves To Eliminate Competition, Consolidate Power TL;DR Valvoline Inc. is attempting to acquire its direct competitor, Oil Changers, a move the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing to block. The FTC complaint alleges this merger will eliminate competition in…
TL;DR: The Price of a Life in Prosser According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Zirkle Fruit Company violated Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act by failing to adhere to the Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations. These regulations…
TLDR: A California-based painting company, Ferenc Szuchopa (doing business as Pin-Point-Painting), endangered public health by performing high-risk renovations on a pre-1978 Berkeley home without federal safety certifications or lead-dust safeguards. They failed to provide residents with required safety information, bypassed…
TL;DR: In June 2023, the EPA inspected a Pioneer Americas LLC (which does business as Olin Chlor Alkali Product) facility in Santa Fe Springs, California. The inspection revealed eight significant violations of the Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Program. These…
TL;DR: According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Shifflett’s Used Auto Parts operated with a systemic disregard for the Clean Water Act at its Westminster, Maryland facility. Between 2021 and 2022, the company allegedly failed to maintain required pollution…
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EnerSys Energy Products, Inc. allegedly failed to properly monitor and report significant failures in their lead-emission control systems across three Missouri facilities for years. Despite recording hundreds of instances where air filtration…
TL;DR: Self Esteem Brands, the parent company behind major fitness and wellness labels, allowed a massive security breach to persist for nearly six months, exposing the most sensitive personal information of its customers and employees. Between December 2023 and June…
TLDR FGF Brands Inc. operated its Brownsburg, Indiana bakery with systemic disregard for hazardous chemical safety standards, leading to a dangerous ammonia release in August 2022 that forced a facility-wide evacuation. Federal investigators discovered that FGF ignored its own internal…
Alimentation Couche-Tard, the parent company of Circle K, is moving to seize control of 270 retail fuel outlets from Giant Eagle across Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. This massive acquisition aims to eliminate direct competition between these two giants, effectively creating…
The Extraction of Labor VIP Mortgage operated a business model built on the direct extraction of unpaid labor, according to a legal appeals document I’ve attached at the bottom of this article. The exploitative employer required its loan officers to…