Citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur’s allegations against defendant Ergonom Corporation dba ERG International (Ergonom”) were resolved on October 11, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Vinocur alleged that Ergonom sold padded upholstered chairs and other furniture with foam padding containing the flame retardant tris(1,3-...
Citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur’s allegations against defendant Graco Children’s Products, Inc. (“Graco”) were resolved on October 11, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Vinocur alleged that Graco sold padded upholstered car seats and playards/bassinets with foam padding containing the flame retardant tris(1,3-...
Whistleblower John Moore resolved his allegations against the defendants Halstead New England Corporation (“Halstead”) and Metroflor Corp. (“Metroflor”) in the enforcement action Moore v. Halstead New England Corporation, et al., when the parties executed a Consent Judgment on October 11, 2013. In this matter, Moore alleged that Halstead and...
Citizen enforcers Laurence Vinocur and Peter Englander’s allegations against defendant Kmart Corporation (“Kmart”) in the case Englander, et al. v. Cheyenne Industries, LLC, et al. were resolved on October 14, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Englander and Vinocur filed claims against thirteen furniture companies for...
Citizen enforcers Laurence Vinocur and Peter Englander’s allegations against defendant Restoration Hardware, Inc. (“Restoration Hardware”) in the case Englander, et al. v. Cheyenne Industries, LLC, et al. were resolved on October 7, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Englander and Vinocur filed claims against thirteen...
Citizen enforcer John Moore’s allegations against the defendant North Walk, Ltd. (“North Walk”) were resolved on October 3, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this enforcement action, Moore alleged that North Walk sold footwear containing the phthalate chemical di-n-butyl phthalate (“DBP”) in the State of California...
Several Florida-based radiation oncology providers have agreed to pay $3.5 million to the U.S. government and the State of Florida to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. The defendants include Gulf Region Radiation Oncology Centers...
Citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur’s allegations against defendant Cohesion Products, LLC (“Cohesion”) were resolved on October 10, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Vinocur alleged that Cohesion sold padded upholstered gaming chairs with foam padding containing tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (“TDCPP...
Citizen enforcer Peter Englander’s allegations against defendant Corinthian, Inc. (“Corinthian”) were resolved on October 7, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Englander alleged that Corinthian sold upholstered accent chairs with foam padding containing tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (“TDCPP”) in the...
Citizen enforcers Laurence Vinocur and Peter Englander’s allegations against defendants Taymor Industries U.S.A., Inc. and Taymor Industries Ltd. (collectively “Taymor”) were resolved on October 8, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Englander and Vinocur alleged that Taymor sold upholstered benches with padding...
