Office Depot Certifies to Vinocur That Chairs are Reformulated

Office Depot has certified to our client Laurence Vinocur that per Section 4.1.4 of the Consent Judgment, Office Depot is offering for sale only foam padded gaming chairs that have been reformulated to be virtually free of the flame retardants TDCPP, TCEP, and TDBPP.  As per the settlement agreement, Vinocur will waive a significant portion of the civil penalties that Office Depot would otherwise have had to pay.

TDCPP, TCEP, and TDBPP are chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer.  Companies offering products for sale that contain such chemicals must provide consumers with "clear and reasonable" warnings of the risk of exposure.

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. The Chanler Group has represented citizen enforcers of Proposition 65 for more than twenty years.