Posted on January 2, 2013
On January 2, 2013, Peter Englandar, John Moore, and Laurence Vinocur, clients of The Chanler Group, served a combined total of eight new 60-Day Notices of Violation on companies offering products containing phthalates and the flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) for sale...
Posted on January 1, 2013
On January 1, 2013, the amendments to the California False Claims Act, signed into law last year by Governor Jerry Brown, took effect. The amendments, among other things, expand the definition of a claim under the state False Claims Act, increase the civil penalties for each violation of the law,...
Posted on December 28, 2012
On December 28, 2012, Russell Brimer and Laurence Vinocur, clients of The Chanler Group, served a combined total of six new 60-Day Notices of Violation on companies offering products containing phthalates, lead, and the flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) for sale in...
Posted on December 21, 2012
On December 20 and 21, 2012, Russell Brimer, Whitney Leeman, and Laurence Vinocur, clients of The Chanler Group, served a combined total of 17 new 60-Day Notices of Violation on companies offering products containing phthalates and food coloring containing 4 methylimidazole (4-MEI) for sale in...
Posted on December 17, 2012
The Journal of Accountancy reports that the Internal Revenue Service has proposed regulations for whistleblower awards in violation of tax law cases and for the disclosure of tax return information. The proposed regulations are intended to provide general rules for submitting claims to the IRS,...
Posted on December 13, 2012
The Chanler Group's senior paralegal and nine of its attorneys attended Project Open Hand's 21st Annual Hand-to-Hand Luncheon, supporting its charitable mission of providing nutritious meals and groceries to people with symptomatic HIV/AIDS or breast cancer, homebound or critically ill...
Posted on December 13, 2012
The U.S. Secretary of Labor announced the creation of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee (WPAC), to advise, consult with and make recommendations to the Department of Labor on ways to improve the fairness, efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of the Occupational Safety and Health...
Posted on December 11, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are collaborating in a worldwide research effort to assess any potential impacts of nanomaterials on people's health and the environment. Nanomaterials are made up of very small particles,...
Posted on December 6, 2012
Healthpoint Ltd. and DFB Pharmaceuticals have agreed to pay up to $48 million to resolve allegations that Healthpoint caused false claims to be submitted to Medicare and Medicaid programs for a non-FDA approved skin ointment, Xenaderm. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that Healthpoint...
Posted on December 4, 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has secured $4.9 billion in settlements and judgments in civil cases involving fraud against the government in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012. This figure tops the Justice Department's 2011 recoveries by $1.7 billion. Of the $4.9...
