The California Attorney General (“CAG”) sent a letter to The Chanler Group (“TCG”) regarding the factual information supporting the Certificate of Merit accompanying the Second Supplemental 60-Day Notice served on Kiss Nail Products and Kiss Products ("Kiss") by Dr. Anthony Held. ("CAG letter," included below). For reasons...
The California Attorney General (“CAG”) sent a letter to Proposition 65 plaintiffs and their attorneys regarding release language used in settlement agreements between citizen enforcers and alleged violators. The letter suggested replacement language that should be used in release provisions.
Release provisions in the public interest that are contained in...
The California Attorney General (“CAG”) sent a letter to Proposition 65 plaintiffs and counsel regarding its concerns about offsetting penalty payments in private Proposition 65 actions with payments in lieu of penalties and requested the recipients’ feedback regarding the issue.
The California Attorney General’s office (“CAG”) wrote to Hirst & Chanler LLP (“H&C”), the predecessor firm to The Chanler Group, regarding Proposition 65 actions commenced by H&C clients alleging that certain lipsticks containing lead were being offered for sale in California without the required health hazard warning.
On September 4, 2007, the California Attorney General (“CAG”) filed an objection to a joint motion for approval of a Proposition 65 settlement and consent judgment in Leeman v. Burger King Corporation, CKE Restaurants, Inc. et al. (Sacramento County Superior Court, Case No. 06AS02168). The CAG objected to the amount of attorneys' fees agreed to in the...
On May 11, 2007, the California Attorney General (“CAG”) sent a letter to Hirst & Chanler LLP (“H&C”), the predecessor firm to The Chanler Group, regarding the manner in which H&C and their clients pursued Proposition 65 matters involving lead in the surface coatings of glassware and ceramicware.
On June 6, 2007, on behalf of H&C,...
The California Attorney General’s office (“CAG”) sent a letter to Hirst & Chanler (“H&C”), the predecessor firm to The Chanler Group, in response to a letter H&C had sent to the California Public Health Trust on May 8, 2007, advising the Public Health Trust that H&C would be seeking to modify the settlements of three cases to...
The California Attorney General (“CAG”) sent a letter addressed to all attorneys who had served the CAG with notices of violation under Proposition 65 since January 1, 2005. The purpose of the letter was to list the mandatory elements of Proposition 65 notices to be served on alleged violators and public prosecutors, including the CAG.
