Fashion Accessories

Held v. Rico Industries, Inc.
October 5, 2014
Whistleblower Anthony Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling party Rico Industries, Inc. (“Rico”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on October 5, 2014, which resolved Held’s allegations that Rico sold wallets with vinyl/PVC identification card holders and inserts containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the...
Apparel & Fashion Accessories
Bags & Accessories
Anthony E. Held, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, DEHP, Fashion Accessories, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Rico Industries, Inc., Wallets, Whistleblower
DEHP
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Court Approves Plaintiffs' Attorney Fees In Fashion Accessory Settlement Involving Over 100 Companies
September 27, 2012
On September 27, 2012, having previously approved an unprecedented settlement obtained by TCG clients Dr. Anthony Held and John Moore from more than 100 manufacturers, distributers, and retailers of fashion accessories, the San Francisco Superior Court approved the plaintiffs' recovery of $2.3 million in attorneys' fees after finding the amount was reasonable under...
Prop 65 / Environment
Fashion Accessories, Opt-In, Phthalates, Proposition 65, Reproductive Harm
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Apparel & Fashion Accessories
In recent years, The Chanler Group's clients have investigated and tested numerous types of apparel and fashion accessories for phthalate chemicals and lead.  Products such as jewelry, bags, totes, wallets, belts, footwear, Halloween costumes, and key chains have tested positive for lead, di(2 ethylhexyl) phthalate (“DEHP”), butyl benzyl phthalate (“...
Aldo, Almar Sales Co., Inc., Apparel, Arsenic, Attention problems, Bags, Behavioral problems, Belts, Butyl benzyl phthalate ("BBP"), Cadmium, Developmental problems, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), Diminished intellectual ability, Fashion Accessories, Fashion companies, Footwear, Formaldehyde, Halloween costumes, Hand-to-mouth activity, Jewelry, Key chains, Lead, Lead poisoning, Learning disabilities, Neurotoxin, Phthalates, Plasticizers, Proposition 65 Warning, Settlement, Short term memory loss, Totes, Wallets
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Held v. Aldo
March 4, 2011
This Proposition 65 action arose from Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. and John Moore’s allegations in 2009 that certain fashion accessories containing one or more phthalate chemicals known to cause reproductive harm, specifically di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”), butyl benzyl phthalate (“BBP”), and Di-n-butyl phthalate (“DBP”), were...
Apparel & Fashion Accessories
Amended Consent Judgment, Butyl benzyl phthalate ("BBP"), Consent Judgment, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), Fashion Accessories, Opt-in mechanism
BBP, DBP, DEHP
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