On November 10, 2017, citizen enforcer Peter Englander and settling party U Brands, LLC (“U Brands”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Englander had alleged that U Brands sold brass handles containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
As part of the settlement, U Brands agreed...
The parties involved in the case Leeman v. Starbuck Corporation, et al. executed a Consent Judgment on July 20, 2017. In this matter, citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D. alleged that Peerless Coffee Company, Inc. (“Peerless”) sold dried lapsang souchong teas containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite...
