The Chanler Group

May 24, 2016
TCG attorney Brian Johnson shredded guitar in a "Battle of the Bands" style fundraising concert at last week's Fourth Annual Law Rocks San Francisco.  His band, Generator, raised over $4000 for the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, which provides free civil legal services to low-income San Mateo County residents. Collectively, the event raised over...
April 19, 2016
Members of The Chanler Group will be at the 4th Annual Law Rocks San Francisco, a "Battle of the Bands" style fundraiser featuring bands comprised of members of the legal profession.  Generator, a classic rock band featuring TCG attorney Brian Johnson on guitar, will be raising money for the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, which provides free civil legal...
September 12, 2014
Managing attorney Josh Voorhees will be speaking Monday at Proposition 65 Clearinghouse's annual Prop. 65 Conference, which is being held this year at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in downtown San Francisco.  Environmentalists, researchers, representatives from California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and lawyers will meet to discuss Proposition...
July 7, 2014
Illinois has become the first state to ban microbeads in consumer products, reported the Chicago Tribune last month.   On June 8, Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation to ban the manufacture and sale of personal care products containing synthetic plastic microbeads.  This was due to the tireless efforts of environmental organizations such as the Alliance for the...
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...
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June 5, 2014
Anthony Held, Paul Wozniak, and Whitney Leeman--clients of The Chanler Group--served seventeen new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation yesterday.  The notices were served to companies offering products such as sunscreen, walkers, jewelry, and accessories for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required...
March 4, 2014
The Chanler Group has awarded $25,000 to Center for Creative Land Recycling, Alliance for the Great Lakes and Sea Research Foundation.  These organizations will use the funds to clean up the environment, educate consumers and build research and development facilities as further described below. “We all have the same goal: a cleaner environment,” said Josh...
March 4, 2014
The Chanler Group, an environmental law firm based in Berkeley, CA, announced today the outcome of its 2014 grant program, awarding $25,000 to the Center for Creative Land Recycling, Alliance for the Great Lakes and Sea Research Foundation.  These organizations will use the grants to clean up the environment, educate consumers and build research and development facilities...
Press Releases
December 16, 2013
Firm founder Clifford Chanler was interviewed by Corporate Crime Reporter about the firm's work in enforcing Proposition 65 with Chinese manufacturers of American consumer goods, as well as the firm's enforcement work in general. “A factory in China does not make products just for California,” Chanler said. “They make products for the entire United...
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...
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