Environmental Enforcement • U.S. Virgin Islands The Real (Human) Price of Cruzan Rum Source: EPA Region 2 Consent Agreement & Final Order • Effective August 20, 2025 TL;DR Cruzan Rum’s distillery in Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands stored hazardousβ¦
Financial Regulation / Due Process / Wall Street Accountability The System Didn’t Find Him Innocent. It Just Ran Out of Time. Source: FINRA National Adjudicatory Council Decision — Complaint No. 2014039285401r — Dated June 6, 2025 TL;DR FINRA regulators foundβ¦
TL;DR A tech CEO named Amir Golestan and his company Micfo, LLC fabricated over a dozen fake businesses and fictional corporate officers to steal 1.3 million IP addresses from the nonprofit that controls America’s internet infrastructure. Golestan pocketed $3.3 millionβ¦
Picture this. Someoneβa parent, a small business owner, a school janitorβreaches under a sink in Houston. They grab a bottle of Arcoiris All Purpose Cleaner. On the label, a promise made in two languages: it contains a “Bactericide” and itβ¦
TL;DR Gebhart Holdings, Inc. operated a metal processing facility in Huntington, Indiana holding tens of thousands of pounds of hazardous chemicals, and told no one for 43 days past the legal deadline. The five chemicals kept secret include molten aluminum,β¦
Corporate Betrayal / Family Business / HawaiΚ»i Law He Stole the Shop, Kept the Profits, and Called It Business Source: HawaiΚ»i Supreme Court Opinion — Filed July 1, 2025 TL;DR Robert Guieb, the majority owner of Guieb Inc., transferred theβ¦
TL;DR Cargill Meat Solutions, one of the largest and most profitable meat companies on Earth, operated a Nashville, Tennessee facility storing at least 10,000 pounds of hazardous industrial gases and told no one about it. Federal law (EPCRA) required Cargillβ¦
TL;DR P&J Beverage Corporation spent years using the courts to block a small liquor store called The Bottle Shop from operating, arguing a for-profit daycare next door was legally a “school.” The courts ultimately rejected P&J’s argument as “unpersuasive,” butβ¦
TL;DR On May 2, 2020, a Brunswick-built boat called the Pajivo exploded on the Lake of the Ozarks, killing passenger Shawn Carroll and severely injuring Lauren Wilken. The Carroll family and Wilken sued Brunswick Corporation, alleging the boat’s fuel fillβ¦
Investigative Report • Consumer Privacy • Class Action Cash App Turned Your Friends Into Spam Bots Filed: November 13, 2023 • Block, Inc. (d/b/a Cash App) • Washington State Class Action • $12.5M Settlement TL;DR Cash App, owned by Block,β¦