Corporate Greed Case Study: Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA & Its Impact on Riders TLDR: A class-action lawsuit alleges that Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA knowingly sold 2025 model year competition and cross-country motorcycles with a critical defect that could cause the…
Corporate Negligence Case Study: Nespresso USA, Inc. & Its Impact on Consumers TL;DR: A class-action lawsuit alleges that Nespresso USA, Inc. knowingly designed, marketed, and sold a “notoriously defective” coffee machine, the Vertuo Next, which suffers from a persistent “Leakage…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Industrial Demolition LLC & Its Impact on American Workers TLDR: An American worker, the sole provider for his growing family, suffered a painful hip injury on a hazardous demolition site. When he presented his employer, Industrial…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Univar Solutions & Its Impact on Public Safety TLDR: According to a legal agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, chemical distribution giant Univar Solutions USA, LLC, was accused of illegally storing multiple containers of hazardous waste—including…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Winix America, Inc. & Its Impact on Public Health and Consumer Trust TLDR: Winix America, a major air purifier company, was hit with a $1.14 million penalty after federal regulators alleged it sold unregistered pesticides and…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Armor Lite Trailer Manufacturing & Its Impact on Public Health and Environmental Safety TL;DR: A Missouri-based trailer manufacturer, Armor Lite Trailer Manufacturing, LLC, was cited for multiple serious violations of hazardous waste laws, including illegally disposing…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Nu-West (Itafos) & Its Impact on Idaho’s Environment TLDR: For decades, a succession of corporations, culminating in Nu-West Mining Inc. and Nu-West Industries, Inc., operated the North Maybe Mine in Idaho’s Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Their phosphate…
Corporate Greed Case Study: GEM Hospitality & Its Impact on Lenders and Community Trust TL;DR: Executives Gary Matthews and Monte Brannan, tasked with revitalizing a landmark hotel in Peoria, Illinois, systematically diverted funds meant to repay project lenders. They funneled…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Custom Foods of America Incorporated & Its Impact on Public Safety TLDR: At its food processing facility in Knoxville, Tennessee, Custom Foods of America Incorporated operated with 39,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia, a highly hazardous chemical.…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Cyanco International LLC & Its Impact on Public Health TLDR: Texas-based chemical manufacturer Cyanco International LLC failed to inform the federal government about its production of at least 12.5 tons of Sodium Cyanide, a highly toxic…