Posted on April 18, 2013
Excerpted from full article at Furniture Today:
Proposition 65 legal firm The Chanler Group says it plans to publish a list of furniture manufacturers that have come up "clean" in testing for toxic flame retardants.
The Chanler Group has served more than 100 sixty-day notices of violation...
Posted on April 18, 2013
Excerpted from the full article at the Environmental Leader:
OfficeMax, Ross Stores and Kinwai USA are among the nine manufacturers and retailers that law firm The Chanler Group is suing under California’s Proposition 65. The group has also served more than...
Posted on April 18, 2013
California-based biotechnology company Amgen, Inc. will pay the United States $24.9 million to settle allegations that Amgen knowingly caused the filing of false claims to the federal government, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
Amgen allegedly gave kickbacks to pharmacy providers Omnicare...
Posted on April 18, 2013
Attorneys, scientists, nonprofits, and government officials gathered in San Francisco on Monday, April 8, 2013 at the annual Proposition 65 Conference held by the Prop 65 Clearinghouse to discuss the latest issues and developments in Proposition 65 compliance, enforcement, and defense. Among...
Posted on April 17, 2013
Last month, Peter Englander, John Moore, and Laurence Vinocur, clients of The Chanler Group, commenced Proposition 65 private enforcement actions against manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of upholstered furniture, alleging that the products offered for sale by these entities contain...
Posted on April 16, 2013
The Chanler Group has served more than 100 “Sixty-Day Notices of Violation” on leading furniture manufacturers alleging the presence of flame retardants TDCPP and TCEP, referred to more simply as Tris, in their products. The Chanler Group’s clients, Peter Englander, Laurence...
Posted on April 12, 2013
On April 11, 2013, the State of California, through its Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), officially designated Bisphenol A (BPA) as a chemical known to cause developmental and reproductive harm. Under Proposition 65, products containing chemicals known to the State of...
Posted on April 11, 2013
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service held a hearing on Wednesday to receive feedback on new rules and proposals for implementing elements of its whistleblower program, Reuters reported. Some of these proposals include guidelines for whistleblower submissions, criteria for determining the size of...
Posted on April 11, 2013
Rising public concern and the Chicago Tribune’s investigative series on the toxic nature of common flame retardants found in upholstered foam furniture has given rise to new state legislation aimed at restricting or banning these flame retardant chemicals, Prop 65 News reported recently....
Posted on April 11, 2013
Five individuals and five corporations were charged in an indictment unsealed last month in Brooklyn, N.Y. , for allegedly importing and trafficking hazardous and counterfeit toys for sale in the United States, in violation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), the Department of...
