Posted on September 12, 2013
Excerpted from full article at Furniture Today:
Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea has filed an out-of-court settlement in a Proposition 65 complaint with law firm The Chanler Group.
The Chanler Group is a professional Prop 65 litigant. Its complaint with Ikea covers changing pads. The settlement...
Posted on September 10, 2013
Emory University has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations that the university violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Medicaid for clinical trial services that were not permitted by the Medicare and Medicaid rules, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last month....
Posted on September 10, 2013
Anthony Held, a client of The Chanler Group, served six 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation yesterday. The notices were served to companies offering products such as pillows, hand tools, and pet carriers for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive...
Posted on September 6, 2013
Ohio-based RPM International Inc. and its subsidiary, Tremco Inc., have agreed to pay $60.9 million to resolve allegations that Tremco knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with contracts with the General Services Administration (GSA), the U.S. Department of...
Posted on September 6, 2013
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) last month introduced a bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) to include a ban on certain flame retardant chemicals from use in children’s furniture products. The bill is H.R. 2934, also known as the “Decrease Unsafe Toxins...
Posted on September 5, 2013
The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) filed a lawsuit last week against four companies alleged to have sold shampoo containing cocamide DEA without first providing consumers with a health hazard warning, in violation of Proposition 65. Cocamide DEA is a chemical known to the state of...
Posted on September 4, 2013
New York-based Imagimed LLC and its former owners, William B. Wolf III and Dr. Timothy J. Greenan, and its former radiologist, Dr. Steven Winter, have agreed to pay $3.57 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal healthcare...
Posted on September 3, 2013
ATI Enterprises, a Texas-based chain of career training schools operating in the southern and western United States, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $3.7 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to federal student aid...
Posted on September 2, 2013
The world’s largest solar ship completed its second transatlantic crossing this year, reported Renewable Energy World website. The catamaran PlanetSolar voyaged from Canada to Belgium, a distance of 2,857 miles, in 23 days. The German-built catamaran is exclusively powered by...
Posted on August 30, 2013
Anthony Held and John Moore--clients of The Chanler Group--served seven 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation last week. The notices were served to companies offering products such as pillows, hand tools, and sports equipment for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause...
