Corporate Greed Case Study: Copsync Inc. & Its Impact on Public Investors TL;DR Summary: A former professional football player turned licensed financial advisor, Jack Brewer, used his position as a high-level consultant for a publicly traded company, Copsync Inc., to…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Pencader Realty, LLC & Its Impact on Tenant Safety TL;DR: A Delaware real estate company, Pencader Realty, LLC, was penalized for repeatedly failing to provide federally required warnings about the dangers of lead-based paint to its…
Environmental Devastation Case Study: Robert Chase & The Destruction of a Public Waterway TLDR In Whitfield County, Georgia, a landowner named Robert Chase used excavators and bulldozers to discharge dredged and fill material into approximately 1.2 acres of federally protected…
Corporate Greed Case Study: New Line Capital & Its Impact on Advisory Clients TL;DR: According to a complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, investment advisory firm New Line Capital and its sole owner, David A. Nagler, systematically betrayed…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Roller Bearing Company of America & Its Impact on Workers TL;DR: A jury found Roller Bearing Company of America (RBC) liable for firing an employee, Richard Mooney, after he took legally protected medical leave for depression.…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Enterprise Holdings & Its Impact on American Workers TLDR: A federal lawsuit alleged that Enterprise Rent-A-Car and its parent holding company, Enterprise Holdings, Inc., systematically denied overtime pay to its assistant branch managers across the United…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan & Its Impact on Employee Health Plans TLDR: According to a federal lawsuit, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) engaged in a multi-layered scheme to profit from its own…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Microchip Technology Inc. & Its Impact on Former Atmel Employees TL;DR: Following its acquisition of Atmel Corporation, Microchip Technology Inc. is alleged to have systematically denied promised severance benefits to around 200 terminated employees. Microchip Technology…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Cardone Capital & Its Impact on the Everyday Investor TL;DR: Real estate syndicator Grant Cardone and his firm, Cardone Capital, are at the center of a federal securities lawsuit alleging they misled unsophisticated investors with promises…
TL;DR: A lawsuit alleges that Meta (Facebook’s parent company) and Google have engaged in a massive, covert surveillance scheme targeting Android users. The lawsuit claims Meta exploited weaknesses in Google’s Android software to track everything users did online, linking their…