Citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur’s allegations against settling parties IKEA Holding US, Inc. and IKEA North America Services, LLC (collectively “IKEA”) were resolved on September 3, 2013, when the parties entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement. In this matter, Vinocur alleged that IKEA sold changing pads with polyurethane foam containing...
Citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur’s allegations against settling party Southern Exchange, L.P. (“Southern Exchange”) were resolved on August 27, 2013, when the parties entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement. In this matter, Vinocur alleged that Southern Exchange sold vinyl/PVC rainwear containing di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP...
Albert Elovitz Inc. elected to address its Proposition 65 liability by opting into the terms of the Consent Judgment entered by the San Francisco Superior Court in the matter of Russell Brimer v. The Boelter Companies, et al. on December 28, 2005. In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead and...
A Consent Judgment in the DiPirro v. Advantage Publishers Group, et al. matter, heard in the Alameda County Superior Court, was entered on December 18, 2002. The Consent Judgment resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendant Advantage Publishers Group sold books with lead-containing paint or ink in the State of California without providing the...
On December 16, 2008, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in DiPirro v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; ATI Technologies Systems Corporation, which resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendants Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ("AMD") and ATI Technologies Systems Corporation ("ATI") sold TV tuner cards...
On September 30, 2008, the Sacramento County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Held v. Advance Watch Company, Ltd., which resolved citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.'s allegations that the defendant Advance Watch Company, Ltd. ("Advance Watch") has been in the chain of distribution of toys or other children's products containing the...
AdGraphics (US), Inc. elected to address its Proposition 65 liability by opting into the terms of the Consent Judgment entered by the San Francisco Superior Court in the matter of Russell Brimer v. The Boelter Companies, et al. on April 6, 2006. In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead and...
On February 18, 2010, the San Francisco County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Held v. Ascendia Brands, Co., Inc., et al., which resolved citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.'s allegations that the defendant, Accessory Network Group LLC ("Accessory"), sold children's vinyl zipper pulls, vinyl wallets, gloves with vinyl components, and...
On May 3, 2010, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling defendant Accessory Innovations, LLC ("Accessory Innovations") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Held's allegations that Accessory Innovations sold children's backpacks containing excessive amounts of the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (...
On October 12, 2010, citizen enforcer Russell Brimer and settling defendant Accessories Marketing, Inc. ("Accessories Marketing") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Brimer's allegations that Accessories Marketing sold tire pressure gauge products that exposed users to the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing...
