Posted on November 25, 2013
Rep. Jay Kaufman and Sen. Ken Donnelly of Massachusetts have introduced a bill in the Massachusetts legislature that would create a program to identify and replace dangerous chemicals in consumer products where safer alternatives are available.
H235/S354, or An Act for Healthy Families and...
Posted on November 25, 2013
Basco Manufacturing Co. (Basco) has agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by making false customs declarations to avoid paying duties on products imported from the PRC (People’s Republic of China), the Department of Justice announced last week...
Posted on November 22, 2013
Baptist Health Systems has agreed to pay $3.7 million to the United States Department of Justice to settle allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act by filing false claims for reimbursement under the Medicare program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced earlier this week....
Posted on November 22, 2013
Iraqi Consultants and Construction Bureau (ICCB) has agreed to pay the U.S. $2.7 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by bribing a U.S. government official to obtain U.S. government contracts in Iraq, the Department of Justice announced earlier this month.
The...
Posted on November 22, 2013
Governor Edmund “Jerry” Brown announced yesterday his approval of California’s new flammability standards for upholstered furniture after a year-long effort to modernize the standards and reduce consumer exposure to toxic flame retardant chemicals. Such toxic flame retardant...
Posted on November 22, 2013
Duke Energy Renewables Inc., a subsidiary of Duke Energy Corp., based in Charlotte, N.C., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Wyoming today to violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) in connection with the deaths of protected birds, including golden eagles, at two of the company...
Posted on November 21, 2013
The Chanler Group, an environmental law firm, has published a list of furniture products that contain no detectable levels of tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) and tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP), flame retardants known to the State of California to cause cancer.
TDCPP and TCEP...
Posted on November 21, 2013
The Chanler Group has published a list of furniture products that contain no detectable levels of tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) and tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP), flame retardants known to the State of California to cause cancer.
TDCPP and TCEP leach from contaminated...
Posted on November 20, 2013
The Chanler Group has launched its email newsletter, with the inaugural issue—containing several weeks of material—going out today. The newsletter will contain select blog entries about Proposition 65, environmental issues, renewable energy, and False Claims Act cases, as well as...
Posted on November 20, 2013
The Ensign Group Inc. (Ensign) has agreed to pay $48 million to resolve allegations, under the False Claims Act, that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services, the Justice Department announced today. ...
