DiPirro v. MMF Industries, et al. AND DiPirro v. Office Depot, Inc., et al.

A Consent Judgment in the DiPirro v. MMF Industries, et al. and DiPirro v. Office Depot, Inc. matter, heard in the Alameda County Superior Court, was entered on January 29, 2003. The Consent Judgment resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendants MMF Industries, Block and Company, Inc., Office Depot, Inc. (collectively referred to as "Defendants"), sold lead coinbag seal products (containing lead) in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Defendants agreed not to sell in California products unless such products contain Health Hazard warning labels or warnings on their website and catalog as prescribed in the Consent Judgment. Furthermore, Block and Company agreed to not sell products in the United States after September 6, 2002, and Office Depot agreed to not sell products in its Big Book catalog for two years following September 6, 2002.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $120,800, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, payments in lieu of further civil penalties to Health Risk Consultants Inc., and compensation to whistleblower DiPirro and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.