Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Independent Bank & Its Impact on Everyday Customers TLDR: Independent Bank, a Michigan-based corporation, stands accused of systematically extracting wealth from its customers through three deceptive fee practices. A nationwide class-action lawsuit alleges the bank charged…
A systemic practice designed to shift routine maintenance costs onto tenants was recently struck down by Massachusetts’ highest court In a ruling with sweeping implications for renters (that I’ll go over in a little bit), the Supreme Judicial Court found…
A nationwide class-action lawsuit against corporate giant Kimberly-Clark, centered on allegations of deceptive marketing for its Kleenex Germ Removal Wet Wipes, has imploded… not on the merits of the case, but because of a catastrophic legal blunder that left federal…
An Alaskan motorsports company used the ground beneath its facility as a private waste bin, systematically injecting toxic fluids from its vehicle repair shop directly into an underground source of public drinking water. A consent agreement filed on September 30,…
A Massachusetts-based company offering Social Security Disability advocacy services allegedly initiated or caused more than 25.7 million illegal telemarketing calls to phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry between 2019 and 2022. A federal complaint filed by the…
For over a year, a 6.5-acre coastal development project repeatedly discharged polluted runoff into Puerto Rico’s Piletas Creek and the Caribbean Sea on at least 81 separate occasions. An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforcement complaint reveals a systemic breakdown of…
For three years, a Pennsylvania manufacturing corporation processed tens of thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals, including chromium and nickel, while systematically failing to inform federal and state regulators… or even the public. This silence was a direct violation of…
More than $350 million in investor monies vanished. Not in a volatile market crash like one might expect, but within a system meticulously designed to hide its own catastrophic failures. A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission legal complaint filed on…
In a grim exposure of regulatory failure, a federal investigation into a Yonkers apartment complex revealed a near-total breakdown of the system designed to protect families from the permanent neurological damage caused by lead paint. An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court’s decision that shielded a national trucking firm from accountability after its supervisors allegedly subjected African American drivers to a sustained campaign of racial slurs and discriminatory treatment. The recent ruling from…