Prop 65 / Environment
July 12, 2013
The Chanler Group has received Fiskars Brands, Inc.’s certification, required by the settlement agreement with TCG client John Moore, that 75% of Fiskars’ tools with grips offered for sale in California have been reformulated to contain less than 0.1% of DEHP. As a result, the final civil penalty of $60,000, which Fiskars agreed to in the settlement, will be...
Fiskars Brands, Inc., Hand Tools, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Reformulation, Reformulation Incentive
July 9, 2013
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has officially designated hydrogen cyanide (HCN) and cyanide salts (CN salts) as chemicals known to the State of California to cause reproductive harm, effective July 5, 2013. Beginning July 5, 2014, Companies selling or distributing products that contain HCN or CN salts in the State of...
June 25, 2013
John Moore, a client of The Chanler Group, and Mannington Mills, Inc., a flooring manufacturer, reached a settlement this month, resolving Moore’s allegations that Mannington violated Proposition 65 by offering vinyl sheet flooring containing the phthalate chemical benzyl butyl phthalate (“BBP”) for sale in California without first providing the required...
BBP, Citizen Enforcer, Cy Pres Award, Mannington Mills, Inc., Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, Settlement, Silent Spring Institute
June 20, 2013
Yesterday, the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee (“EQ Committee”) revised AB 227, the proposed amendment to Proposition 65 authored by Assemblyman Mike Gatto.
While preserving the 14-day cure period for exposures to alcoholic beverages consumed on site, certain foods and beverages prepared on site, tobacco smoke, and engine exhaust in parking...
June 19, 2013
Democrats in Congress, including Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Reps. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), are concerned about the White House Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) extended delays in clearing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed guidelines to reduce the amount of arsenic, a known carcinogen, in fruit juice....
June 19, 2013
Peter Englander, Whitney Leeman, and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--served twelve 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture, hand tools, and jackets for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard...
60 Day Notice, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Lead, Phthalates, TCEP, TDCPP, Whistleblower
June 17, 2013
Brian Johnson, an attorney for The Chanler Group, shredded guitar at the first annual Law Rocks! San Francisco on June 13, a “battle of the bands” style rock concert in which five groups of legal professionals fought it out on stage to raise nearly $23,000 for five local charities.
Five TCG employees also turned out to support their colleague, donate to charity,...
Brian Johnson, Charitable Donations, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Generator, Law Rocks, The Chanler Group
June 13, 2013
California officials have expressed concerns over some provisions of the proposed Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), which was introduced last month in Congress as a series of reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act. A representative of California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) stated these concerns in a letter to the Office of California...
June 10, 2013
Russell Brimer, Peter Englander, Whitney Leeman and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--served eleven 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture, paint mixer, hand tools, and kitchen tools for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm,...
60 Day Notice, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TCEP, TDCPP
June 7, 2013
Members of the staff of California Governor Edmund G. (“Jerry”) Brown, Jr. today hosted the third in a series of meetings with stakeholders to discuss the Governor’s proposed reforms to Proposition 65. The topic for today’s meeting was revising the lawsuit provisions of Proposition 65, which are codified in California Health and Safety Code...
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