Posted on March 26, 2013
Some residents of Garfield, New Jersey will have their toenail clippings analyzed and measured for hexavalent chromium, the Associated Press reported. Hexavalent chromium is a chemical known to the State of California to cause reproductive harm and cancer (more specifically, lung, nasal, and...
Posted on March 26, 2013
Alabama-based Caddell Construction has agreed to pay a $1.15 million settlement to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly making false reports to the Army Corps of Engineers that they had hired and were mentoring a Native American-owned company to work construction...
Posted on March 22, 2013
Whether it's a false lighter to wave at a concert, a directional compass, or getting the latest updates from The New York Times, there is, in fact, an app for that. As it turns out, there's also an app for keeping up with the latest food, auto, and consumer products recalls. In...
Posted on March 22, 2013
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a Notice of Intent to List hydrogen cyanide and cyanide salts as chemicals known to the State to cause reproductive harm (male reproductive toxicity endpoint). OEHHA’s...
Posted on March 20, 2013
Hospice of Arizona, L.C., American Hospice Management LLC, and American Hospice Management Holdings LLC, have agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly defrauding Medicare, the Department of Justice announced today.
Hospice of Arizona and...
Posted on March 18, 2013
Excerpted from the full length article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
The Quarry Lakes are hardly pristine. The nearly treeless former industrial site in Fremont is engulfed by development and traffic.
But the lakes are among the cleanest around, thanks to a ban on lead fishing tackle that...
Posted on March 18, 2013
Russell Brimer, Peter Englander, Whitney Leeman, and Laurence Vinocur--clients of The Chanler Group--today served a total of twenty-two 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 on companies offering products for sale in the State of California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or...
Posted on March 15, 2013
Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld the federal district court's decision that the two whistleblowers, or relators, in Rille et al v. Accenture, LLP et al, No. 11-2054 (8th Cir. 2013) were entitled to a 15% share of the federal government's $46...
Posted on March 15, 2013
During the first two months of 2013, clients of The Chanler Group secured civil penalties under Proposition 65 totaling up to $936,500 through settlement agreements with retailers and manufacturers who allegedly imported, distributed, or sold consumer products in California containing chemicals...
Posted on March 13, 2013
TCG clients Peter Englander and Laurence Vinocur today served a total of ten 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 on companies offering products for sale in the State of California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without first providing a health hazard...
