Consumer-rights law firm Hagens Berman filed an expanded lawsuit against Lumber Liquidators (NYSE:LL), stating that the flooring company not only sold noncompliant composite flooring, but that its engineered hardwood floors also contain hazardous levels of cancer-causing formaldehyde, according to the lawsuit.

Lumber Liquidators continues to face fallout from allegations that it sold toxic flooring imported from China. A few weeks after firing CFO Daniel Terrell, the hardwood and laminate flooring producer announced the sudden resignation of President and CEO Robert Lynch.

The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) disputes its characterization in the May 4 edition of the New York Times as an organization opposed to a federal formaldehyde standard.

Construction defect law firm Robertson & Associates filed a RICO class action lawsuit today against Lumber Liquidators, Inc. (NYSE: LL) and the companies it hired to conduct indoor air testing for formaldehyde in its customers’ homes.

Lumber Liquidators is facing a federal class-action lawsuit for allegedly orchestrating a "campaign of misinformation," including charges it provided unreliable kits to homeowners seeking to test for formaldehyde emissions from their laminate flooring.

The Composite Panel Association has hired Jackson Morrill as its new president, effective April 13. Morrill has been serving as director for the American Chemistry Council (ACC) since 2010, where he managed the Formaldehyde Panel directing comprehensive state and federal advocacy initiatives, communications, third-party outreach and scientific studies on formaldehyde.

Separate investigations are being launched by the China Forest Products Industry Association and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission into claims that Lumber Liquidators' Chinese manufactured laminate flooring is unsafe due to high levels of formaldehyde emissions.

Lawsuit states Lumber Liquidators' laminate flooring contains hazardous levels of cancer-causing chemicals.

In a letter to the heads of the CPSC, the CDC and the FTC, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson called for independent testing of Lumber Liquidators' laminate flooring. He also asked whether false marketing claims were made about the product’s compliance with California formaldehyde safety standards.

Senator Bill Nelson has asked for a federal probe of Lumber Liquidators after a 60 Minutes report that some of its laminate flooring had dangerously high levels of formaldehyde emissions.