TL;DR Ford Motor Company sold over 20,000 hybrid vehicles (2020-2024 Escape and 2021-2024 Corsair models) with high-voltage lithium-ion batteries that pose a “Spontaneous Fire Risk,” meaning they can catch fire and explode even when parked and turned off. Ford knew…
The Fiverr Bait-And-Switch “Junk Fee” Scheme TL;DR The Facts: A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Fiverr, Inc. in California, alleging the company violates the state’s Honest Pricing Law. The Misconduct: The lawsuit claims Fiverr uses an illegal “drip pricing”…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Live Nation & Ticketmaster’s Impact on Ticket Buyers TLDR: A sweeping class-action lawsuit alleges that Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, have engineered a deceptive “bait and switch” scheme to extract billions from consumers through hidden…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: CooperSurgical & Its Impact on IVF Patients TLDR: A class-action lawsuit alleges that CooperSurgical, Inc., a major women’s health and fertility company, manufactured and sold a defective solution essential for in-vitro fertilization (IVF). The complaint claims…
Corporate Greed Case Study: GoodRx & Its Impact on Public Trust TL;DR: Digital health platform GoodRx, which millions of Americans trust for prescription discounts, systematically violated its own privacy promises by sharing users’ most sensitive health information with advertising giants…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Epic Games & Its Impact on Children and Consumers TLDR: Epic Games, the creator of the massively popular video game Fortnite, was formally accused by the Federal Trade Commission of deploying a sophisticated architecture of manipulation…
Corporate Greenwashing Case Study: Unilever TL;DR: A class-action lawsuit alleges that global conglomerate Unilever and its subsidiary, Conopco, Inc., have been systematically deceiving consumers through a widespread “greenwashing” campaign. The complaint claims that popular products under the “Dove Men+Care” and…
Corporate Greed Case Study: Epic Games & Its Impact on Children TL;DR: Epic Games, the creator of the global phenomenon Fortnite, was ordered to pay a staggering $275 million civil penalty for violating child privacy laws and deploying design choices…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Holosun Technologies, Inc. & Its Impact on Consumer Safety TLDR: A Quick Overview of the Core Allegations Holosun Technologies, Inc. is facing a class-action lawsuit for designing, manufacturing, and selling firearm sights with a critical safety…
TL;DR Helzberg’s Diamond Shops is accused in a class-action lawsuit of fabricating “regular prices” for its jewelry. The company allegedly runs perpetual, non-stop “sales” to create a false sense of urgency and deceive customers into thinking they are getting a…