DiPirro v. Compuvest Corporation

On March 3, 2009, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in DiPirro v. Compuvest Corporation, which resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendant Compuvest Corporation ("Compuvest") sold motherboards and sound cards with solder containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Compuvest agreed not to sell any motherboards or sound cards in California after December 26, 2008, unless the motherboards and sound cards are sold or shipped with Proposition 65 warnings, comply with reformulation standards, or were received in inventory before December 26, 2008. In a good faith effort to inform consumers about the risk of exposure to lead in motherboards and sound cards manufactured before December 26, 2008, Compuvest shall post a Proposition 65 warning on its website for one year. The monetary injunctive relief does not include additional fees incurred seeking judicial approval of the Consent Judgment.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $20,000, to be divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower DiPirro and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.