Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Alki David Productions, Inc. & Its Impact on Public Safety TL;DR: An employee was fired after raising alarms about severe safety hazards at a celebrity-packed theater event. Court documents reveal his employer, Alki David Productions, Inc.…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Fringe Benefit Group & Its Impact on American Workers TL;DR: A massive financial services company, Fringe Benefit Group (FBG), stands accused of systematically siphoning money from the health and retirement accounts of over 290,000 American workers.…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: The Springs Events, LLC & Its Impact on the Murrow Family TL;DR: On an autumn night in 2020, a 19-year-old college student named Marissa Murrow was killed by a drunk driver. The driver, Malcolm Penney, had…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Stemilt AG Services, LLC & Its Impact on Agricultural Workers TL;DR: Agricultural giant Stemilt AG Services, LLC, a subsidiary of a major Washington fruit grower, faced grave allegations of “forced labor and trafficking” from the temporary…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Jeff Jenkins Productions & Its Impact on Creative Labor TLDR: The creator behind the hit Netflix show Bling Empire was systematically cut out of the project after handing over her concept, cast, and development materials, according…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: ORCA Steel & Its Impact on Misled Investors TLDR: Officers at data storage company ORCA Steel allegedly secured a $500,000 loan by falsely claiming they had 400 “investment grade” orders for a new facility. Months later,…
Corporate Greed Case Study: NMSI, Inc. & Its Impact on Its Employees TL;DR: A major residential mortgage lender, NMSI, Inc., which funded over $11 billion in loans in just two years, stands accused of systematically withholding millions of dollars from…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: KAR Global & Its Impact on Disabled Workers TLDR: According to federal court documents, a high-performing sales executive at ADESA, a KAR Global company, suffered a seizure and informed his employer he was temporarily unable to…
Corporate Greed Case Study: IBM & Its Impact on Employees TL;DR: During the COVID-19 pandemic, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) directed its California employees to work from home. The company then refused to reimburse them for the necessary and predictable…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Vail Resorts & Its Impact on American Workers TLDR: Vail Resorts, a major player in the leisure industry, stood accused by its own employees of systemic wage theft through violations of federal and state labor laws.…