Leeman Negotiates Settlement With It’s Academic of Illinois

Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has negotiated a successful settlement with It’s Academic of Illinois in regards to alleged violations of Proposition 65.  Leeman had alleged that It’s Academic violated Proposition 65 by selling book covers that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the health hazard warning required by Proposition 65.

DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm, and companies offering products for sale in California that contain DEHP must provide a “clear and reasonable” warning of the risk of exposure.

For more details and to read the settlement itself, please see the case summary on our website: Leeman v. It’s Academic of Illinois, Inc.

The Chanler Group represents citizen enforcers who, acting in the public interest, commence actions against businesses offering products for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm without first providing the health hazard warning required by Proposition 65. Citizen enforcers bringing Proposition 65 actions in the public interest may obtain a Court Judgment imposing civil penalties, an injunction requiring reformulation of products, and/or provision of health hazard warnings