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In response to increasing and overwhelming evidence that decorations appearing on the exterior surfaces of ceramicware and glassware (and in some instances inside the vessel) contain detectable levels of lead and cadmium, The Chanler Group client, Russell Brimer, initiated enforcement actions...

firm casework - enforcement

June 5, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Heineken USA, Incorporated 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 June 5, 2006.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals...
May 5, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Diamond Hong, Inc. and WFL, Inc. (collectively “Diamond Hong”) elected to address their 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 May 5, 2006.  In doing so, Diamond Hong became a member of a class of settling...
May 5, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Doosan Corporation 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 May 5, 2006.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead and...
May 5, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Lab Safety Supply, 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 May 5, 2006.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead...
May 5, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Regent Alliance, Inc., Lynns Concepts, Inc. and Lynns Concepts, Ltd. (collectively “Regent Alliance”) 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 May 5, 2006.  In doing so, it became a member...
May 5, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Michaels Stores, 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 May 5, 2006. In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead and...
May 5, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
D1
Skyy Spirits LLC 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 May 5, 2006.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead and...
May 1, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
The Honorable Ronald E. Quidachay of the San Francisco Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment on May 1, 2006, which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations that the defendant McIlhenny Company ("McIlhenny") sold mugs and other glass and ceramic tableware with colored artwork on the exterior surface containing the heavy metal lead and/or...