Moore v. Regent Sports Corporation, et al.

On November 14, 2011, the Marin County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Moore v. Regent; et al., which resolved citizen enforcer John Moore's allegations that the defendant Regent Sports Corporation ("Regent") sold baseballs 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, Regent agreed not to sell any baseballs in California after February 28, 2011, unless the baseballs contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP in each accessible component when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies. Due to Regent's commitment to comply by these heightened standards, Moore agreed to credit a portion of the civil fine that would otherwise be applied.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $28,000, 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.