Submitted by Sarah Jones on Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:10
JP Morgan Chase, one of Wall Street’s most powerful banks, has just suffered a massive data breach affecting more than 70 million consumers, The New York Times reported yesterday.
Submitted by Public Justice on Fri, 09/05/2014 - 13:17
By Leah Nicholls & Leslie Brueckner
Today we have both good news and bad news about our motion to unseal the court records in Harman v. Trinity, a federal whistleblower case involving defective highway guardrails.
First, the good news:
Submitted by Sarah Jones on Thu, 09/04/2014 - 10:10
Asbestos victims have been granted access to justice after presenting evidence that a corporate defense firm enabled its client to hide and destroy documents that showed their product contained deadly asbestos, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on September 3, 2014.
Submitted by Sarah Jones on Wed, 08/13/2014 - 16:09
When The Huffington Post launched in 2005, it was embraced as a progressive alternative to conservative online media. Now, following its sale to AOL, the liberal answer to Drudge has officially gone corporate.
Submitted by Sarah Jones on Fri, 08/08/2014 - 14:51
Dayton Dexter worked as a pipefitter for almost forty years, and nearly every work day, he was exposed to asbestos manufactured by Garlock Sealing Technologies. As a result, he developed lung cancer, which he tragically succumbed to in 2004.
Submitted by Sarah Jones on Wed, 07/30/2014 - 12:14
Corporations will stop at nothing to hide their wrongdoing from the public, but they often can’t hide it from their employees. Because of their access to information, whistleblowers are among the best resources to hold corporations accountable when they steal from American taxpayers by defrauding the U.S. Government.
Submitted by Sarah Jones on Thu, 07/17/2014 - 18:12
With the ubiquitous use of credit cards, online purchases, and a myriad of other electronic transactions, American consumers can do little to prevent their personal and financial information from ending up on the Corporate Cloud. Instead, it’s up to the corporations to protect consumers’ information – but the almost daily reports of data breaches suggest that they are failing to take necessary precautions.
Submitted by Sarah Jones on Wed, 07/16/2014 - 14:12
Today, a coalition of state Attorneys General, government entities, and advocates for servicemembers and consumers will observe Military Consumer Protection Day.
Submitted by Burton LeBlanc on Wed, 07/02/2014 - 18:38
The civil justice system exposed GM’s decade-long corporate cover-up and as the public and Congress demand full accountability, GM must honor its commitment 'to do the right thing' by fully compensating all victims for their losses and not impeding victims’ access to justice through the courts.
This week, Microsoft hosted its Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, DC. Microsoft has long used forced arbitration against its customers, so a coalition of DC-based consumer advocacy groups crashed the convention to educate the public and attendees about this abusive practice.