Federal EPA regulators documented a pattern of oil-spill prevention failures at Shoreside Petroleum’s fuel terminal in Seward, Alaska. The company operated with inadequate secondary containment, incomplete engineering certifications, missing integrity tests, and unverifiable emergency equipment. The facility sits a short…
TL;DR: A Contitech manufacturing plant in Lincoln, Nebraska released about 125 gallons of hydraulic oil into a drainage system that flows to a tributary of Salt Creek. The spill produced a yellow sheen on the water and shorelines. This is…
TL;DR: A major Portland based metal-casting company (PCC Structurals) crossed federal reporting thresholds for hydrogen fluoride, nitric acid, and nitrate compounds across multiple years and facilities. They also failed to file required toxic release reports on time, and submitted incomplete…
TL;DR: For 21 straight quarters (more than 5 years), T3 Trading Group withheld or gutted the public reports that show where it sent customers’ stock and options orders. The evil firm either published nothing or posted blank or skeletal “Rule…
TL;DR Macy’s locked out union building engineers after they ended a three-month strike and unconditionally offered to return to work. Macy’s (famous once annual parade throwing company) refused reinstatement without a contract in place and provided no clear, complete terms…
TL;DR: U.S. Bancorp Investments (of U.S. Bank) used the wrong legal threshold to decide when to report suspicious activity. The evil corporation applied a $25,000 trigger (meant for banks btw) instead of the $5,000 trigger that broker-dealers must use. That…
TL;DR: A series of explosions at Arkema’s Crosby, Texas chemical plant in the days after Hurricane Harvey released toxic, flammable chemicals, forced evacuations, and left nearby homes coated in chemical-laden residue. A federal class action case later secured injunctive measures,…
TL;DR: A Minnesota store manager told an employee to remove “BLM” from the company-required apron, enforced a policy against political messages, and conditioned the employee’s return to work on compliance. The case record details months of racial tension at the…
TL;DR: A veteran artist’s business accused Disney of quietly blacklisting the Village People (an absolutely massive band) from its concerts while stringing along the band’s agents with coy, misleading messages. Disney’s alleged “do not book” policy and opaque communications undermined…
TL;DR: For 96 business days from July 2020 to May 2024, D. Boral Capital kept doing deals while below the required minimum net capital—a rule meant to guarantee a broker has enough cushion to meet its obligations and, if it…