Corporate Crime Blotter
| Apr 16: Deferred prosecution agreements #DPA’s are now “get-out-of-jail-free cards for the biggest corporations in the world” http://t.co/EXz3ensdc2 |
| Apr 15: FDA tells #KindBar manufacturer that its snacks can’t legally be called “healthy” and it must change labels / website http://t.co/cXsZsoL4tJ |
| Apr 15: #NeimanMarcus violating #FTC agreement by “falsely or deceptively misrepresenting real fur as fake” via @Consumerist http://t.co/zawKY6NopF |
| Apr 14: #Walmart facing class-action suit for manipulating employee classifications to illegally deny managers overtime pay http://t.co/nFizzYd4zb |
| Apr 14: #NLRB: #McDonalds management practices make it a “joint employer” with its franchisees & accountable for their crimes http://t.co/PhjpJu9O9q |
| Apr 14: “The brands knew this production model led to countless accidents and deaths in garment factories” via @corecoalition http://t.co/PwH4k0S8KJ |
| Apr 14: New York AG investigating whether short-notice “on call” work schedules violate state law #JITlabor via @AmyMTraub http://t.co/Bb86Pt7JpK |
| Apr 13: CEO, managers on trial for 301 deaths, 162 injured from #coal #mining in #Turkey #MartyrsofGreed (via @corecoalition) http://t.co/gFnEqhCoPI |
| Apr 13: NYAG: Marketing for #SmartCandy “vitamin-infused snack” seems unsubstantiated /misleading / deceptive & thus illegal http://t.co/KcHXm95Yue |
| Apr 13: French prosecutors have expanded their #HSBC #taxfraud probe from its Swiss subsidiary to the global holding company http://t.co/Xt03QHml9a |
