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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

December 16, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
New Creative Enterprises, 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 16, 2005.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy...
December 16, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
SakeOne 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 December 16, 2005.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals...
December 15, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Aloha Shoyu Company, Ltd. 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 15, 2005.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy...
December 15, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Big Dog Holdings, 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 15, 2005.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals...
December 15, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
The Kitchen Collection, 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 15, 2005.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy...
December 15, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Shemran, Inc. (d/b/a Barons Marketplace) 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 15, 2005.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually...
December 15, 2005
Lead
Consent Judgment
The San Francisco Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in the case of Leeman v. Big Lots Stores, Inc., et al., on December 15, 2005, which resolved citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman's allegations that defendants Big Lots Stores, Inc. and PNS Stores, Inc. (collectively "Defendants") distributed and/or sold certain glass and metal terrariums or...
December 14, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
The San Francisco Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Brimer v. House of Blues, et al., on December 14, 2005, which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations that defendant HOB Entertainment ("HOB") manufactured, sold, and/or distributed certain shot glasses, mugs, and other glassware and ceramicware with colored artwork or designs on...