On December 29, 2008, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling defendant Michaels Stores, Inc. ("Michaels") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Held's allegations that Michaels sold vinyl bath toys and children's items containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the State of...
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...
