Posted on August 1, 2013
California Attorney General Kamala Harris and Attorneys General from eight other states sent a letter to Congress earlier this week to voice their opposition to the proposed Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), or S.1009, in its current form. The CSIA was proposed last month as an...
Posted on July 29, 2013
A federal judge increased United Technologies Corp.’s False Claims Act penalties by 40 percent, to $664.4 million, Reuters reported earlier this month. Last month, Connecticut-based UTC was found liable for $473 million in damages and penalties arising from a contract with the U.S. Air...
Posted on July 29, 2013
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has added emissions from the combustion of coal to the list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, effective August 7, 2013.
This designation is based on formal identification by the International...
Posted on July 26, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added more than 130 chemicals to its Safer Chemical Ingredients List, many of which are fragrances for commercial and consumer cleaning products.
The Safer Chemical Ingredients List was created in September 2012 as a resource for: manufacturers...
Posted on July 26, 2013
Two of the country’s largest commercial shredding services companies, Shred-It Incorporated and Iron Mountain, recently agreed to pay $1.1 million between them to settle allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government,...
Posted on July 25, 2013
Whistleblower Richard Priem will receive $1.8 million as his share of the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) settlement with the U.S. government, the Associated Press reported recently.
SAIC received federal grant money through the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to...
Posted on July 25, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking input to a federal panel that will explore changes to existing uses of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PCBs are used in fluid-filled capacitors and transformers, fluorescent light ballasts, and natural gas pipelines. They are a...
Posted on July 24, 2013
Peter Englander, Anthony Held, and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--served eleven 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 Violation today. The notices were served to companies offering products such as furniture, hand tools, and automotive accessories for sale in California containing...
Posted on July 22, 2013
The polling and market research firm Gallup Organization has agreed to pay $10.5 million to resolve allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act and the Procurement Integrity Act for conduct involving several of its federal government contracts and subcontracts, the U.S. Department of...
Posted on July 19, 2013
A California judge issued a tentative and proposed decision this week that would hold that Dole, Gerber, Del Monte, Smucker’s, and other food makers are not required to provide California consumers with health hazard warnings regarding lead in baby food, juices, and packaged fruits made by...
