The Corporate Fail

Corporate Crime, Misconduct and Regulation

Category: Corporate Crime Collections (page 1 of 6)

Corporate Crime Collections: Corporate Defendant Court-Mandated Public Notices (Civil)

Corrective Notices Dulux WeatherShield Heat Reflect and InfraCOOL Paints Australia: ACCC v DuluxGroup (Australia) Pty Limited (No 2) [2016] FCA 1286.  In November 2016, DuluxGroup (Australia) Pty Ltd was found to have engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct: “The Court found that Dulux represented that Acratex InfraCOOL Paint can reduce the interior temperature of a house by up to 10 […]

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Corporate Crime Collections: Corporate Accused Comments On Investigation And Charges

Pacific Gas & Electric – March 2014 Following the San Bruno gas pipeline explosion resulting in deaths and destruction of people’s homes, PG&E issued this statement, once it became aware charges would be filed. (Also here: pg-pledges-continued-commitment-to-safety)  Relevantly, “PG&E Chairman and CEO Tony Earley, who was brought in to lead PG&E in 2011 after the San Bruno […]

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Corporate Crime Collections: Corporate Offender Comments On Convictions

Pacific Gas & Electric – August 2016 When convicted after jury trial of obstructing an investigation and five pipeline offences, PG&E posted this statement: “While we are very much focused on the future, we will never forget the lessons of the past. We have made unprecedented progress in the nearly six years since the tragic […]

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Corporate Crime Collections: Addresses To The Jury

Chances are, you will never sit on a jury hearing the prosecution of a corporation for a crime.  So here is a collection of transcripts of addresses given to juries in corporate crime trials, to give you some insight into what gets said, and how cases are argued. These transcripts aren’t easy to locate (in […]

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