Kmart

Kmart to Settle Fraud Claims For Over $2.5 M; Whistleblower to Get $310K
October 22, 2013
Kmart Corporation has agreed to pay the United States and 32 participating states a total of $2.5 million to settle allegations of false prescription claims by its national pharmacy centers to government health insurance programs, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced yesterday. Kmart allegedly violated the False Claims Act by billing government health care programs (...
False Claims / Whistleblowers
California Proposition 65, Kmart, Medicaid, Prop 65 California, Prop 65 Warning, Proposition 65, Qui Tam, qui tam lawsuit, Tricare, Whistleblower Act
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Dozens of Furniture Makers Settle over Chemicals— by Stephanie M. Lee at San Francisco Chronicle
October 17, 2013
Excerpted from full article at San Francisco Chronicle: More than 30 furniture companies, including Ikea, J.C. Penney and Kmart, have agreed to settle for a total of $2.3 million in civil penalties after a Berkeley watchdog group alleged they sold furniture with high amounts of flame retardants in violation of California's Proposition 65. The Chanler Group, a law...
In the News
60 Day Notice, Flame retardants, Ikea, Kmart, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action, TCEP, TDCPP
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Paints, Solvents, and Adhesives
The State of California regulates the chemical toluene because it has been shown to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm.  Toluene is a commonly used solvent that dissolves paints, paint thinners, silicone sealants, many chemical reactants, rubber, printing ink, adhesives (glues), lacquers, leather tanners, and disinfectants.   In 1993, a public interest...
, Ace Hardware, Adhesive glues, Birth Defects, DEHP, Disinfectants, Grand Auto, Home Depot, Kmart, Lacquers, Leather tanners, Paint, Paint thinner, Printing ink, Proposition 65 Warning, Reformulation, Reproductive Harm, Rubber, Sherwin-Williams, Silicone sealants, Solvent, Testor, Toluene, Water-based spray paints
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Paints, Solvents & Adhesives
The State of California regulates the chemical toluene because it has been shown to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm.  Toluene is commonly used in the manufacturing of solvents, paints, paint thinners, silicone sealants, many chemical reactants, rubber, printing ink, adhesives (glues), lacquers, leather tanners, and disinfectants.  In 1993, a public...
Ace Hardware, Adhesive glues, Birth Defects, DEHP, Disinfectants, Grand Auto, Home Depot, Kmart, Lacquers, Leather tanners, Paint, Paint thinner, Printing ink, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Reproductive Harm, Rubber, Sherwin-Williams, Silicone sealants, Solvent, Testor, Toluene, Warning program, Water-based spray paints
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