This category is for the improper handling of customer or employee data can lead to breaches, exposing sensitive information and violating privacy laws.
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…
Introduction: The Anatomy of a Betrayal In July 2025, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, a subsidiary of one of the world’s largest financial services firms, became the epicenter of a catastrophic data breach that compromised the personal and…
In 2024, AT&T, a titan of the telecommunications industry, was compelled to confront the consequences of two colossal data security failures that compromised the information of nearly 200 million accounts. The ensuing legal firestorm, culminating in a $177 million class-action…
TL;DR Specialty Networks and Prime Imaging left the health records of more than 400,000 patients unencrypted, and hackers walked right through their front door on December 11, 2023. The stolen data includes Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications, driver’s license numbers,…
Worker Privacy • Biometric Data • Illinois Supreme Court Your Fingerprint. Their Profit. Zero Permission. White Castle scanned workers’ fingerprints hundreds of times without consent, racked up what could be $17 billion in legal exposure, and then asked a court…
In late July and early August of 2025, the woman-centric dating safety app ‘Tea’ became the epicenter of a catastrophic and entirely preventable data breach, exposing the deepest secrets and identities of its user base. Marketed as a digital sanctuary…
EvilCorporations.com — Following the Money — Naming the Names Data Breach • Healthcare • Class Action MedStar Health Stored Your Most Intimate Medical Data Unencrypted. Then Criminals Stole It. Filed: May 7, 2024 • Plaintiff: Gwendolyn Riddick • Class Size:…
TL;DR The New England Patriots secretly sent fans’ precise GPS coordinates, exact video-viewing histories, and unique advertising IDs to Google and a sports data company called Rover… all without telling anyone. The Patriots app did this while fans watched team…
TL;DR Abbott Laboratories, a pharmaceutical giant employing over 1,000 people in Illinois, handed new workers a form during job onboarding that asked about their family’s medical history, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. That form is illegal. Illinois’s Genetic Information…
TL;DR Experian, one of the three most powerful credit bureaus in America, allegedly sold millions of consumers’ private phone numbers to telemarketing lenders the same day those consumers applied for a home loan. This practice, called a “trigger lead,” is…