Moore v. The Betesh Group

On December 1, 2011, citizen enforcer John Moore and settling defendant The Betesh Group ("Betesh"), entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Moore's allegations that Betesh sold handbags and cases for mobile electronic devices containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Betesh agreed not to sell any cases for mobile electronics or handbags in California after March 31, 2012, unless the cases and handbags contain no more than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $32,500, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower Moore and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.