TL;DR Adamas, a group of building service companies, utilized restrictive “No-Hire Agreements” in their contracts with residential building owners. These clauses essentially held workers hostage, preventing building owners or competing contractors from hiring Adamas employees (such as concierges and security…
TLDR According to court records, Avis Budget Group Inc. engaged in a predatory billing practice wherein the company automatically paid traffic and toll infractions incurred by renters without providing them notice or an opportunity to contest the violation. By paying…
Gateway Services, the undisputed giant of the North American pet cremation industry, stands accused by the Federal Trade Commission of weaponizing post-employment non-compete agreements against its own workforce. By trapping more than 1,780 employees (from high-level executives to hourly drivers…
TL;DRAccording to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrative Order for Compliance on Consent, the City of Eagle Butte, as owner and operator of its wastewater treatment facility on the Cheyenne River Reservation, failed to comply with core Clean Water…
TL;DR In a frustratingly common example of industrial negligence, Maher Cattle Company, LLC, alongside owners Patrick and James Maher, operated a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) on the Standing Rock Reservation without the necessary National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)…
TL;DR: In Greeley, Colorado, Andersen’s Sales & Salvage, Inc. (AS&S) operated a scrap recycling facility that systematically ignored federal regulations designed to protect the Earth’s ozone layer. According to the EPA, the polluting corporation accepted small appliances (like refrigerators and…
TLDR For years, the McDonald Steel Corporation, operating out of McDonald, Ohio, treated the Mahoning River less like a vital natural resource and more like a convenient disposal chute. According the EPA, between 2017 and 2020, this corporation repeatedly violated…
TL;DR According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Illuminate Education, Inc. failed to implement basic, low-cost security measures to protect the sensitive personal data of over 10 million K-12 students. Despite marketing itself as a “trustworthy” custodian of child data,…
According to the Federal Trade Commission, Illusory Systems, Inc. (doing business as Nomad) marketed its “cross-chain bridge” as a “security-first” solution while internally neglecting basic safety protocols. This corporate negligence culminated in a catastrophic security breach in August 2022, where…
TLDR: Summary of Alleged Corporate Misconduct According to the EPA, A. B. Coating & Repair, Inc. performed renovation work on a pre-1978 residential property in Sarasota, Florida, without the required EPA firm certification or a certified renovator to oversee the…