Excerpted from full article at San Francisco Chronicle:
More than 30 furniture companies, including Ikea, J.C. Penney and Kmart, have agreed to settle for a total of $2.3 million in civil penalties after a Berkeley watchdog group alleged they sold furniture with high amounts of flame retardants in violation of California's Proposition 65.
The Chanler Group, a law...
Excerpted from full article at Furniture Today:
More furniture companies have filed out-of-court Proposition 65 settlements in recent weeks for items containing the flame retardants TDCPP and TCEP.
At least two more settlements from suppliers were filed with The Chanler Group, a professional Prop 65 litigant. The initial complaints cover ottomans, barstools, office chairs and...
Excerpted from full article at Furniture Today:
Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea has filed an out-of-court settlement in a Proposition 65 complaint with law firm The Chanler Group.
The Chanler Group is a professional Prop 65 litigant. Its complaint with Ikea covers changing pads. The settlement was listed on the California Attorney General's website.
To settle all...
Excerpted from full article at Prop 65 Clearinghouse:
Tris itself was listed as a Prop. 65 carcinogen in October of 2011 over the objections of the chemical industry. The warning requirement for products containing Tris became effective in October of last year. OEHHA subsequently established a safe harbor level (No Significant Risk Level) for Tris exposure of 5.4 micrograms...
Excerpted from full article at Prop 65 Clearinghouse:
A Sacramento Superior Court judge has granted the Attorney General's request to dismiss a complaint by three clients of The Chanler Group arguing that the AG's regulation requiring Proposition 65 private plaintiffs to serve the AG with a proposed settlement at least 45 days prior to the motion to approve the...
Cliff Chanler, the founder of The Chanler Group, was featured in Bay Area TV station KTVU’s news report about a possible overhaul of Proposition 65.
California State Assemblymember Mike Gatto recently introduced Assembly Bill 227 (“AB 227”), a bill aimed at providing certain small businesses allegedly in violation of Proposition 65 a 14-day “cure...
Excerpted from full article at KQED:
In 2011, the most recent year listed on the attorney general's website, attorneys reached settlements with business owners in 338 cases alleging Proposition 65 infringement, resulting in just under $12 million in attorneys fees. Sixty-one of those cases were filed by one man, Russell Brimer, a client of the Chanler Group,...
Excerpted from full article at Prop 65 News:
Proposition 65 citizen enforcers Peter Englander, John Moore, and Laurence Vinocur since February, have served more than 150 sixty-day notices of violation on furniture manufacturers, distributors and retailers alleging the presence of flame retardants TDCPP and TCEP (Tris) in their products.
TDCPP was added to the list...
Excerpted from full article at mfrtech.com:
On behalf of its clients, The Chanler Group has also filed lawsuits against nine major manufacturers and retailers, demanding action be taken to properly label their products in compliance with California's Proposition 65. The lawsuits come after previously served Sixty-Day Notices of Violation expired without being enforced by...
Excerpted from full article at Furniture Today:
Proposition 65 legal firm The Chanler Group says it plans to publish a list of furniture manufacturers that have come up "clean" in testing for toxic flame retardants.
The Chanler Group has served more than 100 sixty-day notices of violation on furniture manufacturers alleging the presence of the flame retardant...
