Corporate Pollution Case Study: Costco Wholesale Corporation & Its Impact on Public Safety Introduction: A System Designed for Failure In the spring of 2024, federal inspectors visited three Costco gas stations in Tennessee and uncovered a dangerous reality hidden just…
Corporate Greed Case Study: True Blue Car Wash (Rainstorm/Clean Freak) & Its Impact on Consumers TLDR: A class-action lawsuit alleges that True Blue Car Wash, operating as Rainstorm Car Wash and Clean Freak Car Wash, systematically tricks customers into signing…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: GoMacro & Its Impact on Public Health TLDR: In an age of wellness influencers and clean-eating blogs, the promise of a snack that is both delicious and genuinely “good for you” is the holy grail for…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Pacific West Capital Group (PWCG) & Its Impact on Investors TL;DR: Pacific West Capital Group (PWCG) built a financial house of cards by selling investments that were essentially bets on when sick and elderly people would…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Zep, Inc. & Its Impact on American Workers TL;DR: A female sales representative for the cleaning product manufacturer Zep, Inc. was sexually harassed by a client who locked her in his office. Shortly after she reported…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Shring Home Health Care & Its Impact on Public Trust TLDR A healthcare company was used as a vehicle to defraud millions of dollars from Medicare, the nation’s health insurance program for the elderly and disabled.…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP & Its Impact on Thousands of Betrayed Clients and Employees TLDR: A “powerhouse” New York law firm, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, stands accused of profound corporate negligence after a massive…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: ONEOK’s Saguaro Pipeline & Its Impact on Environmental Justice TLDR: A massive 157-mile natural gas pipeline project in Texas is set to proceed after its parent company, ONEOK Inc., successfully structured the project to avoid a…
The story of the Sig Sauer P320 is a cautionary tale of how a celebrated military contract, intended as a hallmark of reliability, can instead become the catalyst for a widespread public safety crisis. The pistol’s rapid ascent, fueled by…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: CALAMCO & Its Impact on the Stockton Community TLDR: For years, the CALAMCO ammonia facility in Stockton, California, systematically violated federal laws designed to protect workers and the public from catastrophic chemical accidents. Federal investigators uncovered…