firm casework - enforcement

October 4, 2011
DEHP
Out-of-Court Settlement
On October 4, 2011, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling defendants The Gap, Incorporated; Banana Republic, LLC; and Old Navy LLC (collectively "Gap"), entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Held's allegations that Gap sold toiletry cases/bags, cosmetic cases/bags, and luggage tags containing the phthalate...
October 3, 2008
DEHP
Consent Judgment
On October 3, 2008, the Sacramento County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Held v. 99 Cents Only Stores, which resolved citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.'s allegations that the defendant 99 Cents Only Stores ("99") sold toys or other child care products containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in...