The Chanler Group
December 30, 2013
Excerpted from full article at Environmental Leader:
Two recent Proposition 65 settlements with Chinese companies are likely the beginning of a trend, in which foreign firms get taken to court over the products they sell in the US, according to an attorney familiar with such cases.
In September, the Chanler Group reached a settlement with China’s Hangzhou GreatStar Tool...
December 12, 2013
Excerpted from full article at Corporate Crime Reporter:
The agreements require the Chinese companies to reformulate every product at issue to eliminate DEHP and to pay civil penalties totaling as much as $65,000, 75 percent of which will go to the State of California to protect and enhance public health and the environment.
“A factory in China does not make products...
November 27, 2013
Dr. Whitney Leeman has won an important victory against a defendant that supplies an ingredient to food and beverage manufacturers. A Court recently ruled that her Proposition 65 action against a supplier, which does not manufacture the food and beverage products sold to consumers, but whose product is contained in such food and beverage products, is warranted under...
November 21, 2013
The Chanler Group has published a list of furniture products that contain no detectable levels of tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) and tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP), flame retardants known to the State of California to cause cancer.
TDCPP and TCEP leach from contaminated products and affix to dust, placing small children, toddlers, and infants at an...
November 20, 2013
The Chanler Group has launched its email newsletter, with the inaugural issue—containing several weeks of material—going out today. The newsletter will contain select blog entries about Proposition 65, environmental issues, renewable energy, and False Claims Act cases, as well as our clients’ recent enforcement actions and settlements. We...
November 18, 2013
Anthony Held, John Moore and Whitney Leeman--clients of The Chanler Group--served thirteen new 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation last week. The notices were served to companies offering products such as hand tools, bags and accessories for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard...
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October 30, 2013
The Chanler Group, an environmental law firm, reached a settlement on behalf of its client Whitney Leeman, Ph.D. with food service company Farmer Bros., which serves products to over 60,000 hospitality, healthcare, gaming and retail establishments in the United States. Dr. Leeman claimed that Farmer Bros. violated California’s Proposition 65 by selling a food...
4-MEI, California Proposition 65, Citizen Enforcer, Cliff Chanler, Farmer Bros. Co., Prop 65 California, Prop 65 Warning, Proposition 65, The Chanler Group
October 30, 2013
(Other) Reproductive Harm, 60 Day Notice, Anthony E. Held, Birth Defects, California Proposition 65, DEHP, Hand Tools, Lead, Prop 65 California, Prop 65 Warning, Proposition 65, The Chanler Group
October 28, 2013
TCG clients Anthony Held and Peter Englander served 13 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 on Friday, Oct. 25. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture and exercise equipment for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. Our clients allege...
60 Day Notice, California Proposition 65, DEHP, Lead, Prop 65 Warning, Proposition 65, Public interest lawyers, TDCPP, The Chanler Group
October 25, 2013
The Chanler Group (www.chanler.com), an environmental law firm, reached a settlement on behalf of its client, Peter Englander, with a Chinese manufacturer of products alleged to contain the reproductive toxin di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, commonly known as DEHP. Mr. Englander alleged that the foreign company, Hangzhou GreatStar Tool Company, violated California’s...
Citizen Enforcer, Cliff Chanler, DEHP, Hand Tools, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, The Chanler Group
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