TL;DR In Sutton, West Virginia, Appalachian Timber Services (ATS) was found to be operating a hazardous waste storage facility without the necessary permits, leading to significant environmental exposure. An EPA inspection revealed that the company allowed creosote (which is a…
According to a December 22, 2023 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliance order, Virginia Truck Parts, Inc. repeatedly failed to control, monitor, and properly permit polluted stormwater discharges from its automobile salvage facility in King George, Virginia. The EPA documented…
TL;DRAccording to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Smart Maintenance, LLC conducted renovation work in pre-1978 housing without required EPA certification and without following federally mandated lead-safety work practices. The renovation failed to contain hazardous waste, allowed lead-contaminated dust and debris…
TL;DR According to the National Labor Relations Board, Spring Creek Rehabilitation and Nursing Center LLC refused to bargain in good faith with the legally recognized union representing healthcare workers after acquiring a nursing facility, asserting unilateral control over wages and…
TL;DR C.H. Robinson required certain employees to sign sweeping non-compete “Confidentiality and Protection of Business” agreements and later sued former employees and their new employer, Traffic Tech, arguing those restrictive covenants were breached. The Eighth Circuit Court concluded the core…
TL;DR:According to a 2024 EPA Consent Agreement and Final Order, Chemical Waste Management, Inc.’s Emelle, Alabama facility mismanaged highly regulated PCB wastes for years, storing them chaotically, mis-labeling or failing to label containers, keeping them beyond the one-year legal limit,…
TL;DR: According to a 2024 Consent Agreement and Final Order with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), American Iron and Metal (AIM) allegedly failed to ensure proper recovery of refrigerants from vehicles and small appliances at its Colorado Springs scrap…
According to the Department of Justice, medical device company SpineFrontier and its executives ran a years-long kickback scheme that funneled millions of dollars to surgeons through a sham “consulting” program. Prosecutors say the surgeons did little or no real consulting;…
TL;DR:Between 2014 and 2017, Baltimore restaurateur Jean Agbodjogbe defrauded Kuwaiti investor Alia Salem Al-Sabah out of nearly $7.8 million, using her funds to buy real estate and then extract cash through high-cost loans from World Business Lenders (WBL), secured by…
TL;DR:Environmental Democracy Project, a California nonprofit focused on protecting the public from deceptive environmental claims, alleges that Rael, Inc. marketed “organic cotton cover” period underwear, pads, and panty liners as “organic” or “made with organic” while those products contain far…