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July 6, 2015
The parties involved in the case Moore v. Artland, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on July 6, 2015. In this matter, citizen enforcer John Moore alleged that Artland, Inc. (“Artland”) sold drinking glasses with exterior designs containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
As part of...
Artland, Inc., Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Consent Judgment, Drinking Glasses with Exterior Designs, Lead, Moore, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Whistleblower
February 15, 2008
On February 15, 2008, citizen enforcer Jamie Te'o and settling defendant Trudeau Corporation (America) Inc. ("Trudeau") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Te'o's allegations that Trudeau sold glassware with colored artwork or designs on the exterior containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing...
Glass Food & Beverage Products, Jamie Te'o, Lead, Proposition 65, Trudeau Corporation (America) Inc.
May 15, 2015
The parties involved in the case Vinocur v. Ross Acquisition Co. executed a Consent Judgment on May 15, 2015. In this matter, citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur alleged that Ross Acquisition Co. (“Ross”) sold mugs with exterior designs containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
As...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Consent Judgment, Lead, Mugs with Exterior Designs, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Ross Acquisition Co., vendor notification, Vinocur, Whistleblower
March 17, 2015
On March 17, 2015, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D, P.E. and settling party The B & F System, Inc. (“B & F”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Held had alleged that B & F sold pliers with vinyl/PVC grips and booster cables with vinyl/PVC grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”)...
Anthony E. Held, Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, booster cables with vinyl/PVC grips, Civil penalties, DEHP, Lead, Out-of-Court Settlement, Phthalates, pliers with vinyl/PVC grips, Proposition 65 Warning, Reformulation, Shot Glasses with Exterior Designs, The B & F System, Inc.
December 10, 2014
On December 10, 2014, the parties executed an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved the allegations that whistleblower Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D. made against settling party Gekkeikan Sake (U.S.A.), Inc. (“Gekkeikan”). In this matter, Leeman alleged that Gekkeikan sold sake glasses and glass decanters with exterior designs containing the heavy metal...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Citizen Enforcer, Gekkeikan Sake (U.S.A.), Inc., Lead, Leeman, Proposition 65, Reformulation, sake glasses or glass decanters with exterior designs containing lead, Whistleblower
October 15, 2014
Whistleblower Anthony Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling parties Dyna Group International and Great American Products, Inc. (collectively “Great American”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on October 15, 2014, which resolved Held’s allegations that Great American sold vinyl/PVC beverage insulators containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl...
Anthony E. Held, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, DEHP, Dining, Dyna Group International, Great American Products, Ltd., Kitchen, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Vinyl/PVC Beverage Insulators, Whistleblower
June 25, 2014
Whistleblower Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling party Sazerac Company, Inc. (“Sazerac”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on June 25, 2014, which resolved Held’s allegations that Sazerac sold drinking glasses containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
As part of...
Anthony E. Held, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, drinking glasses with lead, Lead, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Sazerac Company, Inc., Whistleblower
April 12, 2006
Kotobuki Trading Company, Inc. elected to address its Proposition 65 liability by opting into the terms of the Consent Judgment entered by the San Francisco Superior Court in the matter of Russell Brimer v. The Boelter Companies, et al. on April 12, 2006. In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals...
Boelter, Cadmium, Ceramic Food & Beverage Products, Ceramic Non-Food & Beverage Products, Glass Food & Beverage Products, Glass Non-Food & Beverage Products, Kotubuki Trading Company, Inc., Lead, Proposition 65, Russell Brimer
March 29, 2012
On March 29, 2012, citizen enforcer Russell Brimer and settling defendant Inventory Liquidators Corp. ("ILC") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Brimer's allegations that ILC sold flashlights containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
As part of the settlement,...
Furniture, Home Decorative and Household Products, Hand Tools, Inventory Liquidators Corp., Lead, Proposition 65, Russell Brimer
July 30, 2013
Citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur’s allegations against settling party Spoontiques, Inc. (“Spoontiques”) were resolved on July 30, 2013, when the parties entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement. In this matter, Vinocur alleged that Spoontiques sold beer mugs with exterior designs containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California...
Beer Mugs, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Laurence Vinocur, Lead, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Spoontiques, Inc., Whistleblower
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