Corporate Crime Blotter
| Nov 14: #PapaJohn's pizza chain faces $250 million class-action lawsuit for sending #JunkText messages to customers' cellphones http://t.co/x0SuJBlJ |
| Nov 14: Rights groups say provincial authorities in China used #HolidayInns as clandestine "black jails" to detain dissidents http://t.co/7aphkgzB |
| Nov 13: After 20-month investigation of web search abuses, U.S. #FTC demands #Google either alter its practices or face lawsuit http://t.co/V1PfycdF |
| Nov 10: Canadian Supreme Court unanimously revokes #Viagra patent from #Pfizer, for "gaming system" by hiding active ingredient http://t.co/uaHdt9up |
| Nov 9: EU to fine big tech firms — e.g., #Philips, #LG, #Panasonic, and #Toshiba — up to $5 BILLION for 10-year #pricefixing http://t.co/mUJGTLwq |
| Nov 9: World's 2nd largest bank, serial offender #HSBC, helped thousands in UK launder and evade taxes on more than $1 BILLION http://t.co/opyEaAij |
| Nov 8: FCC fines #AT&T $700,000 and requires reimbursement of pre-pay customers for "state and switch" to new data plans #BAU http://t.co/RvjcGTW7 |
| Nov 8: Argentine court freezes #Chevron assets at request of Ecuadoran plaintiffs seeking $19 BILLION payment for eco-damages http://t.co/t243tzdC |
| Nov 5: Criminal charges likely in U.S. probe of #HSBC for #moneylaundering, and could owe much more than $1.5 BILLION in fines http://t.co/7fNjUIVo |
| Oct 27: Appeals court denies #WellsFargo motion to dismiss class-action lawsuit over forced #arbitration of overdrafts scam http://t.co/anKgXnbL |
