Posted on August 21, 2014
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Lois Capps (D-Calif.) and Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) introduced a new Senate bill last month, S2572, or the Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2014.
S2572, if enacted, would not only ban food containers that contain Bisphenol A (BPA) but would also...
Posted on August 21, 2014
Samsung Electronics America Inc. has agreed to pay $2.3 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims for products sold on contracts, in violation of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (TAA), the U.S. Department of Justice announced...
Posted on August 19, 2014
TCG client Dr. Anthony Held has filed a complaint in Santa Clara County Court alleging that Eden Foods, Inc. has violated Proposition 65 by selling dried seaweed containing arsenic without a health hazard warning. Arsenic is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, and...
Posted on August 19, 2014
Arizona non-profit Carondelet Health Network, doing business as Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital and Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tucson, Ariz., has agreed to pay the United States $35 million to settle allegations that the hospitals knowingly submitted or caused the submission of...
Posted on August 14, 2014
The Hon. George C. Hernandez, Jr. of the Alameda County Superior Court approved and entered the judgment in Vinocur v. Kids II, Inc. on July 31 regarding the alleged presence of tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate (TDCPP) in nursing pillows and activity gyms manufactured, imported, sold, and/or...
Posted on August 12, 2014
Client John Moore has negotiated an agreement with Norwood Promotional Products in connection with alleged violations of Proposition 65. Moore alleged that Norwood manufactured, imported, distributed, sold, and/or offered for sale in California backpacks and duffel bags containing di(2-...
Posted on August 12, 2014
California-based pharmaceutical distributor McKesson Corporation has agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations that the company improperly set temperature monitors used in shipping vaccines under its contract with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Department of...
Posted on August 8, 2014
The City of New York has agreed to pay the federal government $1.05 million to resolve allegations that the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to New York State’s Medicaid program, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern...
Posted on August 7, 2014
Our client Dr. Anthony Held filed a complaint against L’Oreal USA, Inc. yesterday in Marin County Superior Court alleging that benzophenone is present in sunscreens manufactured, distributed, and offered for sale or use to consumers throughout the State of California, without the requisite...
Posted on August 6, 2014
Community Health Systems (CHS), the nation’s largest operator of acute care hospitals, has agreed to pay $98.15 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to government health care programs, the U.S. Department of Justice...
