Citizen enforcer John Moore’s allegations against the defendants Benson Mills, Inc. and Benson Sales Co., Inc. (collectively “Benson”) and Kohl’s Corporation (“Kohl’s”) were resolved on July 26, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment in Moore v. Benson, et al. In this enforcement action, Moore alleged that Benson and...
Whistleblower Peter Englander and settling party Big Time Products, LLC (“Big Time”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on August 6, 2013, which resolved Englander’s allegations that Big Time sold vinyl/PVC grip clips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing...
Citizen enforcer Russell Brimer’s allegations against settling party Belcam Inc. (“Belcam”) were resolved on August 6, 2013, when the parties entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement. In this matter, Brimer alleged that Belcam sold eyelash curlers with grips containing the heavy metal lead and/or the phthalate chemicals butyl benzyl phthalate (...
Whistleblower John Moore resolved his allegations against the defendant B.H. Inc. dba Pinnacle Designs (“B.H.”) in the enforcement action Moore v. B.H. Inc.; et al., when the parties executed a Consent Judgment on August 12, 2013. Moore alleged that B.H. sold vinyl/PVC luggage tags containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP...
Whistleblower Peter Englander and settling party Voltec Industries LLC (“Voltec”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on August 29, 2013, which resolved Englander’s allegations that Voltec sold clamp lamps with vinyl/PVC clamps containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without...
The Environmental Research Center (ERC) filed a suit against Clif Bar & Company, alleging unwarned exposures to lead in violation of Proposition 65. ERC alleges that several of Clif Bar’s products contain lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause reproductive harm, and that California citizens have been exposed without receiving a health hazard...
The Chanler Group has received certification, required by the settlement agreement with TCG client Russell Brimer, that Wolters Kluwer’s vinyl and PVC notebooks offered for sale in California have been reformulated to contain less than 0.1% of DEHP. As a result, the final civil penalty of $15,000, which Wolters Kluwer agreed to in the settlement, will be waived....
On June 12, 2000, Harrison Hoge Industries, Inc. (“Harrison”) elected to opt-into into a Consent Judgment to resolve citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro’s allegations that Harrison and seventy-eight other defendants manufactured, distributed, or sold fishing tackle products containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the...
On June 12, 2000, Wright & McGill Co. d/b/a Eagle Claw Fishing Tackle (“Wright”) elected to opt-into into a Consent Judgment to resolve citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro’s allegations that Wright and seventy-eight other defendants manufactured, distributed, or sold fishing tackle products containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without...
On June 9, 2000, Big Rock Sports, Inc. and subsidiaries All Sports, L.L.C., Avis Sports, Inc., AWR Sports, Inc., Big Rock Sports Marketing, Inc., CSI Sports, L.L.C., and Henry’s Tackle, L.L.C. (collectively “Big Rock”) elected to opt-into into a Consent Judgment to resolve citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro’s allegations that Big Rock and seventy-eight...
