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In response to increasing and overwhelming evidence that decorations appearing on the exterior surfaces of ceramicware and glassware (and in some instances inside the vessel) contain detectable levels of lead and cadmium, The Chanler Group client, Russell Brimer, initiated enforcement actions...

firm casework - enforcement

November 14, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Blue Diamond Growers elected to address its Proposition 65 liability by opting into the terms of the Consent Judgment entered by the San Francisco Superior Court in the matter of Russell Brimer v. The Boelter Companies, et al. on November 14, 2005.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals...
November 14, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Dark Horse Comics, Inc. and Things From Another World, Inc. elected to address its Proposition 65 liability by opting into the terms of the Consent Judgment entered by the San Francisco Superior Court in the matter of Russell Brimer v. The Boelter Companies, et al. on November 14, 2005.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to...
November 14, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Dollar Empire LLC elected to address its Proposition 65 liability by opting into the terms of the Consent Judgment entered by the San Francisco Superior Court in the matter of Russell Brimer v. The Boelter Companies, et al. on November 14, 2005.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead...
November 14, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
The San Francisco Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in the case Brimer v. Enesco Group, Inc., et al., on November 14, 2005, which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations that defendant Enesco Group, Inc. ("Enesco") manufactured, sold, and/or distributed certain goblets, glass bowls, and other glassware products intended for the storage...
November 14, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Formation, Inc. and JLM Formation, Inc. (collectively “Formation”) elected to address their Proposition 65 liability by opting into the terms of the Consent Judgment entered by the San Francisco Superior Court in the matter of Russell Brimer v. The Boelter Companies, et al. on November 14, 2005.  In doing so, Formation became a member of a class of...
November 14, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Fred 26 Importers, Inc. elected to address its Proposition 65 liability by opting into the terms of the Consent Judgment entered by the San Francisco Superior Court in the matter of Russell Brimer v. The Boelter Companies, et al. on November 14, 2005.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals...
November 14, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Hanover Direct, Inc. elected to address its Proposition 65 liability by opting into the terms of the Consent Judgment entered by the San Francisco Superior Court in the matter of Russell Brimer v. The Boelter Companies, et al. on November 14, 2005.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals...
November 14, 2005
Cadmium, Lead
Consent Judgment
Judd Miller & Co dba Mud Pie elected to address its Proposition 65 liability by opting into the terms of the Consent Judgment entered by the San Francisco Superior Court in the matter of Russell Brimer v. The Boelter Companies, et al. on November 14, 2005.  In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the...