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April 14, 1993
As You Sow filed a lawsuit accusing 14 major cosmetic companies of failing to warn consumers that their nail polish contains potentially unsafe levels of a toxic chemical that causes birth defects. As You Sow seeks to force these companies to place warnings on their products identifying use of toluene, which listed as toxic under California's Proposition 65. "This...
June 23, 2014
Clients of The Chanler Group, which included Brimer, Englander, Held, Leeman, Moore and Vinocur, together settled the most cases-192-for a total of $7,715,801 of which $1,307,980 went to civil penalties-with some of the highest percentages), $6,246,321 for attorney fees and for the first time, $95,500 payment-in-lieu of penalties to the Silent Spring Institute. link...
February 4, 2014
Excerpted from full article at San Francisco Chronicle: Deluxe Corp., which manufactures checkbook covers and other business and banking supplies, was accused of adding a chemical known as DEHP to its checkbook covers to make the plastic in them flexible. The chemical is considered a carcinogen under California's Proposition 65, which requires products to carry...
California Proposition 65, Checkbook covers, Deluxe Corporation, Proposition 65 California, Public Interest, Public interest lawyers, Reformulation
January 31, 2014
Excerpted from full article at Environmental Health News: A settlement between Deluxe Corp., a large, Minnesota-based manufacturer of checkbook covers, and a consumer advocate requires the company to remove a phthalate from checkbook covers or label their products with a health warning.
In 2012, California resident Russell Brimer alleged in the lawsuit that Deluxe...
California Proposition 65, Checkbook covers, Deluxe Corporation, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 California
January 6, 2014
Let’s say a product is made in China. But the product doesn’t meet American health and safety standards. Can an American law reach across the Pacific and force the Chinese manufacturing company to comply with U.S. law?
Apparently yes.
In September, the Chanler Group, an environmental law firm, reached a settlement on behalf of its client, Peter...
December 30, 2013
Excerpted from full article at Environmental Leader:
Two recent Proposition 65 settlements with Chinese companies are likely the beginning of a trend, in which foreign firms get taken to court over the products they sell in the US, according to an attorney familiar with such cases.
In September, the Chanler Group reached a settlement with China’s Hangzhou GreatStar Tool...
December 12, 2013
Excerpted from full article at Corporate Crime Reporter:
The agreements require the Chinese companies to reformulate every product at issue to eliminate DEHP and to pay civil penalties totaling as much as $65,000, 75 percent of which will go to the State of California to protect and enhance public health and the environment.
“A factory in China does not make products...
December 10, 2013
Excerpted from full article at Prop 65 Clearinghouse:
The Swedish-based furniture giant Ikea has reached an out-of-court settlement in a lawsuit alleging violations of California's Prop 65.
The lawsuit, brought by the Chanler Group, a law firm specializing in Prop 65 litigation, accused Ikea of selling changing pads which contained the chemical tris(1,3-dichloro-...
October 29, 2013
Excerpted from full article at EnvironmentalLeader.com
The Chanler Group reached a settlement with China’s Hangzhou GreatStar Tool Company, in the first example of California’s Proposition 65 being used for international prosecution, the law firm said. Plaintiff Peter Englander alleged that the company made and sold hand tools and stools containing di(2-...
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