Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2023
EPA enforcement scrutiny of Decatur carbon-storage operations
The EPA proposed an enforcement order following a Safe Drinking Water Act notice concerning reported leakage and anomalies at ADM's carbon-storage facility. Injection operations were suspended pending investigation.
2022
ADM sues Green Plains and former executive
Lawsuit filed
In a lawsuit filed in 2022, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) brought claims against former executive Christopher Osowski and against Green Plains, alleging contractual breaches and misappropriation of trade secrets. The claims are set out in the complaint filed by ADM. The allegations in the complaint are assertions made by ADM as the plaintiff; they are not findings of liability. The available event record identifies the parties, the nature of the claims, and the filing year, and does not include further details on the specific contracts, the trade secrets at issue, or the outcome of the litigation.
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) filed suit against former executive Christopher Osowski and Green Plains, alleging contractual breaches and misappropriation of trade secrets. These are allegations in the complaint.
Source excerpt
The plaintiff is ultimately claiming that “Osowski has threatened to misappropriate ADM’s trade secrets to compete unfairly with ADM on behalf of Green Plains, including proprietary information relating to the researching process and methodologies.”
On Thursday, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) has filed suit against former ADM executive Christopher Osowski and ADM competitor Green Plains, Inc in the Central District of Illinois.
since 2017, the defendant has purposefully manipulated the Argo Terminal-based price index to profit off of financial derivative contracts that increased in value as the price of ethanol at the Argo Terminal decreased.
2003
Clean Air Act enforcement settlement
ADM settled federal complaints concerning alleged avoidance of New Source Review requirements and agreed to penalties, environmental projects, and emissions reductions across multiple facilities.
2001
Decatur air-pollution violations
ADM agreed to pay a federal and state clean-air fine and fund pollution-reduction measures at its Decatur feed plant.
1996
Lysine and citric-acid price-fixing case
ADM pleaded guilty to criminal price-fixing offenses involving lysine and citric acid. The case led to major public scrutiny and later inspired the book and film The Informant!.