Te'o v. CLT Computers, Inc.

On February 19, 2010, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Te'o v. CLT Computers, Inc., which resolved citizen enforcer Jamie Te'o's allegations that the defendant CLT Computers, Inc. ("CLT") sold 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, CLT agreed not to sell any sound cards with solder in California after October 1, 2009, unless the cards contain no more than 100 parts per million of lead when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies. Additionally, in a good faith effort to inform the public about the risk of lead exposure from sound cards manufactured before October 1, 2009, CLT agreed to post a Proposition 65 warning on its website for three years.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $19,000, 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 Te'o and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.