Posted on October 16, 2013
Environmental law firm The Chanler Group, on behalf of its clients Peter Englander, John Moore, and Laurence Vinocur, has reached settlements with 35 furniture companies, including IKEA, J.C. Penney and Summer Infant Products, for violations of California’s Proposition 65. As part of...
Posted on October 15, 2013
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in coatings for baby formula packaging after determining that the industry has abandoned the use of BPA. The FDA did not, however, take any action on the use of BPA in linings of cans used for food....
Posted on October 11, 2013
The lawsuit against Citizens Medical Center (Citizens), filed by Drs. Dakshesh Parikh, Harish Chandna, and Ajay Gaala, is moving forward after a federal judge denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss the case. The doctors allege that Citizens violated the False Claims Act by knowingly...
Posted on October 10, 2013
GRID Alternatives is an environmental not-for-profit organization which leads teams of volunteers and trainees to install solar electric systems exclusively for low-income neighborhoods, thereby providing low-cost and clean energy to those who would otherwise be unable to afford it, writes the...
Posted on October 9, 2013
A new study performed by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory found that more than half of the energy used by Americans is wasted. The study analyzed the amount of energy that flowed into the U.S. economy in 2012 and found that only 39% was constructively used for energy services in the...
Posted on October 8, 2013
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has intervened in a lawsuit against Pinnacle Bank (Pinnacle) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last month. The complaint alleges that Pinnacle made false statements to the United States Small...
Posted on October 8, 2013
Excerpted from full article at Furniture Today:
More furniture companies have filed out-of-court Proposition 65 settlements in recent weeks for items containing the flame retardants TDCPP and TCEP.
At least two more settlements from suppliers were filed with The Chanler Group, a professional Prop...
Posted on October 7, 2013
The Los Angeles Times reports that Governor Jerry Brown has signed AB227 into law, which will amend Proposition 65 to give certain businesses a 14-day “cure period” to remedy violations of the law without being subject to civil penalties. Assemblyman Mike Gatto originated AB227....
Posted on October 2, 2013
A federal judge has ordered South Carolina-based Tuomey Healthcare System to pay $227 million for violations of the False Claims Act and the Stark Law.
Tuomey Healthcare System was accused of signing 19 doctors to lucrative part-time contracts that paid well above fair market value in order...
Posted on September 30, 2013
IKEA, the world’s largest furniture store, announced today that it would be selling solar panels in the U.K, according to an article posted on Reuters’ website. This is the first time that IKEA has offered solar panels for sale.
IKEA currently plans to offer solar panels at all...
