Laurence Vinocur

May 9, 2018
The parties involved in the case Vinocur v. Electro Tape Specialties, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on May 9, 2018.  In this matter, citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur alleged that Electro Tape Specialties, Inc. (“Electro Tape”) sold vinyl/PVC electrical tape containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of...
Home Improvement
DEHP
April 5, 2018
On April 5, 2018, citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur and settling parties The Container Store Group, Inc. and The Container Store, Inc. (collectively, “TCSG”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Vinocur had alleged that TCSG sold vinyl/PVC storage bin handles containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State...
Home Organization
DEHP, Lead
April 9, 2018
The parties involved in the case Vinocur v. Streamlight, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on April 9, 2018.  In this matter, citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur alleged that Streamlight, Inc. (“Streamlight”) sold portable lighting products containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) and the heavy metal lead in the State of...
Camping
DEHP, Lead
April 27, 2018
John Moore and Laurence Vinocur have issued dozens of new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 this month, to companies offering products such as watches, audio cables, and stickers in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning.  Moore and Vinocur allege that the...