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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

December 27, 2011
Lead
Out-of-Court Settlement
On December 27, 2011, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling defendant Arrow Plastic Manufacturing Co. ("Arrow") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Held's allegations that Arrow sold glassware with colored artwork or designs on the exterior containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without...
November 1, 2011
DEHP, Lead
Out-of-Court Settlement
On November 1, 2011, citizen enforcer Russell Brimer and settling defendant JJI International, Inc. ("JJI"), entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Brimer's allegations that JJI sold cases for mobile electronic devices and luggage tags containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP"); ceramic mugs with...
September 15, 2011
Lead
Consent Judgment
On September 15, 2011, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a Proposition 65 Settlement and Consent Judgment in Brimer v. Giftcraft Inc., which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations that the defendant Giftcraft, Inc. ("Giftcraft") sold glass rain gauges containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the...
September 15, 2011
Lead
Consent Judgment
On September 15, 2011, the San Francisco County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Brimer v. Kinokuniya Book Stores of America Company Ltd., which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations that the defendant Kinokuniya Book Stores of America Company Limited ("Kinokuniya") sold decorated glassware and ceramic mugs with paint containing...
September 7, 2011
DEHP, Lead
Out-of-Court Settlement
On September 7, 2011, citizen enforcers Russell Brimer and John Moore entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement with settling defendant Kikkerland Design, Inc. ("Kikkerland"), which resolved Brimer's allegations that Kikkerland sold glassware with exterior decorations containing excessive amounts of the heavy metal lead in the State of California...
August 25, 2011
Lead
Out-of-Court Settlement
On August 25, 2011, citizen enforcers Russell Brimer and Whitney Leeman and settling defendant Gibson Overseas, Incorporated ("Gibson") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Brimer's allegations that Gibson sold decorated glassware products in the State of California containing the heavy metal lead without providing the requisite...
October 11, 2010
Cadmium, DEHP, Lead
Out-of-Court Settlement
On October 11, 2010, citizen enforcer Russell Brimer and settling defendant Kingsbridge International, Inc. ("Kingsbridge") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Brimer's allegations that Kingsbridge sold tape measures containing the heavy metal lead and vinyl automobile accessories and glassware containing cadmium and the...
August 18, 2010
Lead
Consent Judgment
On August 18, 2010, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Brimer v. Daiso California, LLC; et al., which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations that the defendant Daiso California, LLC ("Daiso") sold drinking glasses and glassware items intended for the consumption of food or beverages containing the heavy metal lead...