On May 7, 2019, citizen enforcer Paul Wozniak and settling parties Intruder, Inc. (“Intruder”)and Rice Lake Weighing Systems, Inc. (“Rice Lake”) (collectively, “Companies”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Wozniak had alleged that the Companies sold gloves containing the phthalate chemical di(2-...
Whistleblower Anthony Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling party Bradshaw International, Inc. (“Bradshaw”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on July 11, 2014, which resolved Held’s allegations that Bradshaw sold vinyl/PVC gloves containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without...
On May 6, 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 The Earthly Way, Inc. (“Earthly Way”). In this matter, Leeman alleged that Earthly Way sold vinyl/PVC gloves containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP...
Whistleblower Anthony Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling party Alliance Mercantile, Inc. (“Alliance”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on February 10, 2014, which resolved Held’s allegations that Alliance sold vinyl/PVC gloves containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without...
The Honorable Roy O. Chernus of the Marin County Superior Court granted the parties’ motion to approve the Consent Judgment in the case Held et al. v. Alticor, Inc., et al., on March 7, 2012. This enforcement action resolved citizen enforcers John Moore and Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.’s allegations that eighteen defendants sold products containing phthalate...
In 2011 The Chanler Group’s client, Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E., commenced an investigation into Halloween products, which resulted in the enforcement action Held v. Forum Novelties, Inc., et al. In this case, Dr. Held alleged that Forum Novelties, Inc. and other entities sold Halloween costumes, accessories, and décor containing the heavy metal lead, ...
The Honorable Roy O. Chernus of the Marin County Superior Court granted the parties’ motion to approve the Consent Judgment in the case Held et al. v. Alticor, Inc., et al., on March 7, 2012. This enforcement action resolved citizen enforcers John Moore and Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.’s allegations that eighteen defendants sold products containing phthalate...
