Brimer v. Global Amici, Inc.

On August 7, 2012, citizen enforcer Russell Brimer and settling defendant Global Amici, Inc. ("Global") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Brimer's allegations that Global sold glass cruets with exterior designs containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Global agreed not to sell any glass cruets in California after June 15, 2012, unless the cruets contain no detectable amount of lead in the lip-and rim area of the product (top 20 millimeters of the products) and contain  no more than 50 parts per million of lead exclusive of the lip-and-rim area when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies. Due to Global's commitment to comply with these heightened standards, Brimer agreed to credit a portion of the civil fine that would otherwise be applied.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $42,000, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower Brimer and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.