On March 25, 2014, the parties involved in the enforcement action Leeman v. Ivy Classic Industries, Inc. executed an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved the allegations that whistleblower Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D., made against settling party Ivy Classic Industries, Inc. (“Ivy Classic”). In this matter, Leeman alleged that Ivy Classic sold tools...
On March 29, 2012, citizen enforcer Russell Brimer and settling defendant Inventory Liquidators Corp. ("ILC") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Brimer's allegations that ILC sold flashlights containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
As part of the settlement,...
The parties involved in the case Held v. GSI Outdoors, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on March 18, 2014. In this matter, citizen enforcer Anthony Held, Ph.D., P.E., alleged that GSI Outdoors, Inc. (“GSI”) sold camping cookware with vinyl and/or PVC coated handles containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate and flasks with leather wrapping...
