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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

January 31, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Tuesday Morning, 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 January 31, 2006.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals...
January 12, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
In the case Brimer v. Universal Screen Arts, Inc.; et al. the Honorable James L. Warren entered a Consent Judgment on January 12, 2006. In this matter, citizen enforcer Russell Brimer alleged that the defendants Universal Screen Arts, Inc., Signals Catalogue Corp., Lillian Vernon Corporation, Casual Living USA, Inc., and RedEnvelope, Inc. (collectively "Defendants...
January 12, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
In the case Brimer v. Wells Manufacturing USA Inc.; et al., the Honorable James L. Warren entered a Consent Judgment on January 12, 2006. In this matter, citizen enforcer Russell Brimer alleged that the defendants Wells Manufacturing USA Inc.; Wells Manufacturing, Inc.; and the May Department Stores Company (collectively "Wells") sold glassware with colored...
January 11, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Coronado Brewing Co. 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 January 11, 2006. In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead...
January 11, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
GatewayCDI, 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 January 11, 2006.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead...
January 11, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
IKEA U.S. 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 January 11, 2006. In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead and cadmium...
January 11, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Kikkoman Foods, 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 January 11, 2006.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals...
January 11, 2006
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
VA Software 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 January 11, 2006.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals...