Attorney General's Objection's to DEHP Deals Have Little Success– by Dennis Pfaff at Prop. 65 Clearinghouse

Excerpted from the full length article in Prop. 65 Clearinghouse:

An effort by Attorney General Jerry Brown to raise questions about a series of Proposition 65 settlements involving a chemical that has also been separately regulated by a new law have met with only limited success.

Alameda Superior Court Judge Robert Freedman approved, with some modifications, a pair of settlements in cases brought by plaintiff Anthony Held targeting products containing the chemical DEHP. Held, represented by Hirst & Chanler, has filed nearly a dozen similar cases, according to court records...

...Freedman recently overruled Brown’s objections to the fees, agreeing with arguments raised by the plaintiff that, for one, the reductions in DEHP content under the settlement were to take place six months before the law takes effect. In the Enor case, the company had agreed to pay $24,000 in fees and costs, which Hirst & Chanler attorneys had characterized as about a 50 percent discount. The case, which involved a toy baseball mitt, also brought in a $7,000 penalty. link to source.