Posted on August 21, 2015
Last week, Dr. Whitney R. Leeman filed a complaint in San Francisco County Court against Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company and Barnes & Noble alleging violations of Proposition 65. Leeman alleges that the defendants sold books with covers that contained the heavy metal lead, a chemical...
Posted on August 20, 2015
U.S. Investigations Services (USIS) and its parent company, Altegrity, have agreed to forego collection on $30 million worth of payments supposedly owed by the federal government in order to resolve allegations that USIS knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims, the U.S....
Posted on August 20, 2015
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has issued 18 new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 to companies offering products such as cords, electrical tape, and mugs with exterior decorations in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the...
Posted on August 18, 2015
John Moore has filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court against Techtronic Industries North America, Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, and Ziemann’s Vision, alleging that the companies violated Proposition 65 by selling gloves and hand tools containing the phthalate chemical DEHP...
Posted on August 14, 2015
Mercy Health Springfield Communities and Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities, formerly St. John’s Health System and St. John’s Clinic, respectively, have agreed to pay $5.5 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal...
Posted on August 14, 2015
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has negotiated a successful settlement with It’s Academic of Illinois in regards to alleged violations of Proposition 65. Leeman had alleged that It’s Academic violated Proposition 65 by selling book covers that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without...
Posted on August 12, 2015
PC Specialists Inc., dba Technology Integration Group (TIG) has agreed to pay $5.9 in order to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government for computers sold to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for use...
Posted on August 12, 2015
Laurence Vinocur has negotiated a settlement with First Texas Products, LLC in regard to alleged violations of Proposition 65. Vinocur had alleged that First Texas sold headphones with vinyl/PVC components that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning...
Posted on August 11, 2015
Anthony E. Held and Whitney R. Leeman issued six new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 yesterday, to companies offering hand tools for sale in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm without the requisite health hazard warning....
Posted on August 6, 2015
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has negotiated a successful settlement with Annie International in regards to alleged violations of Proposition 65. Leeman had alleged that Annie sold hair brushes with vinyl/PVC grips that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning...
