Mattel Inc. and its subsidiary Fisher-Price will pay a $2.3 million dollar fine for knowingly violating a 30-year-old regulation prohibiting lead in children's toys, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.  This fine is a civil settlement, and the companies are paying the fine while admitting no wrongdoing. 

From RTTNews: "The civil penalty settles allegations that Mattel imported up to 900 thousands non-compliant toys between September 2006 and August 2007, including the "Sarge" toy car and numerous Barbie accessory toys, and sold them to U.S. consumers. The "Sarge" car was recalled in August 2007 and the Barbie toys were recalled in September 2007.

Fisher-Price imported up to 1.1 million non-compliant toys between July 2006 and August 2007, including certain licensed character toys and the Bongo Band, GEOTRAX locomotive, and Go Diego Go Rescue Boat toys. Most of these toys were distributed to retail stores for sale to consumers. The were recalled between August and October 2007."