On February 1, 2011, citizen enforcer Russell Brimer and settling defendant Acme United Corporation ("Acme") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Brimer's allegations that Acme sold vinyl accessory pouches containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
As part of the...
On January 6, 2011, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Held v. Best Brands Consumer Products, Inc., which resolved citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.'s allegations that the defendant Best Brands Consumer Products, Inc. ("Best Brands") sold children's backpacks containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the...