Posted on August 19, 2013
Anthony Held, John Moore, and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--served eleven 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation last week. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture, hand tools, and gloves for sale in California containing chemicals known...
Posted on August 16, 2013
Dr. Whitney Leeman, a client of The Chanler Group, and Farmer Bros., a food service company, reached a settlement yesterday resolving Leeman’s allegations that Farmer Bros. violated Proposition 65 by offering for sale food extracts, flavorings, and colorings containing the chemical 4-MEI in...
Posted on August 14, 2013
The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing earlier this month titled “Strengthening Public Health Protections by Addressing Toxic Chemical Threats,” with witnesses presenting testimony for and against the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA). The...
Posted on August 14, 2013
Far East Brokers has issued a recall on Leisure Ways Brands Kids Outdoor Furniture, specifically its line of ladybug-themed outdoor furniture, which includes a camp chair, a folding chair, a moon chair, a swing chair, and a patio set. The red surface paint on the furniture contains excessive...
Posted on August 14, 2013
Florida-based HPH Hospice agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last month.
The Medicare hospice benefit is available for patients who have a...
Posted on August 14, 2013
On August 14, environmental magazine Sierra, published by the Sierra Club, released its seventh annual report ranking American universities according to their degree of environmentalism. The Cool School 2013 report is intended to guide prospective students wishing to attend “green...
Posted on August 6, 2013
Two new reports released by the Energy Department today revealed record growth in the U.S. wind market. The Wind Technologies Market Report and the Distributed Wind Market Report collectively show that the United States continues to hold one of the world’s largest and fastest growing...
Posted on August 5, 2013
New York-based Park Avenue Medical Associates, P.C., Park Avenue Health Care Management LLC, and Park Avenue Health Care Management, Inc. (collectively “PAMA”) have agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false...
Posted on August 5, 2013
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has amended existing regulations regarding exclusions from the strict lead limits of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA).
With the amendments, consumer products are now exempt from the CPSIA lead limits if:
The product, material...
Posted on August 2, 2013
The government will intervene in a whistleblower lawsuit against Florida-based A Plus Home Health Care, Inc. and its owner, Tracy Nemerofsky, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last month. A Plus allegedly offered referring physicians’ spouses sham marketing positions with the...
