About the data

Prop 65 Benchmark summarizes records from the California Attorney General's public Proposition 65 60-day notice register. Private enforcers must file each notice with the Attorney General, and settlements are reported to the same register.

What is counted

• Notices are grouped by noticing party (filer), plaintiff law firm, chemical and product type. Product types are assigned from the product description in each notice.
• Payments are the amounts reported in settlement records: non-contingent civil penalty, attorney fees and costs, payment in lieu of penalty, and the total.
• A settlement reported under several notice numbers, or corrected and re-filed, is counted once.
• Withdrawn notices are counted in the withdrawal rate and left out of settlement statistics.
• Filers who are individuals are shown as "Individual enforcer represented by" their law firm. Contact details in settlement records are never collected.

Limits

• Recent notices have had little time to settle, so recent settlement rates run low.
• Reported amounts can be incomplete or contingent on later events.
• A page is published only when it has at least 20 notices and 5 settlements with amounts.

Prop 65 Benchmark is an independent publisher of statistics. It is not a law firm, does not give legal advice, and is not affiliated with any government agency.

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