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Report: Uber Plan To Limit Accident Liability Aims To Free Up Insurance Reserves To Pay For Robotaxi Rollout, Executives Paid “Success” Bonuses

Report: Uber Plan To Limit Accident Liability Aims To Free Up Insurance Reserves To Pay For Robotaxi Rollout, Executives Paid “Success” Bonuses

Report Warns Uber Is Undermining Legal Accountability For Accident Victims While Expanding Use of Unproven Autonomous Vehicles, Public Safety At Risk 

Report Warns Uber Is Undermining Legal Accountability For Accident Victims While Expanding Use of Unproven Autonomous Vehicles, Public Safety At Risk 

New Bill Requires Insurance Companies to Offer and Renew Insurance Coverage for Fire-Safe Homes

New Bill Requires Insurance Companies to Offer and Renew Insurance Coverage for Fire-Safe Homes

Consumer Alert Warns CA Voters Not To Sign Uber’s ‘License to Kill’ Ballot Measure: Uber Reviving Deadly Robotaxis In Conjunction With Proposal For Loss of Legal Accountability

Consumer Alert Warns CA Voters Not To Sign Uber’s ‘License to Kill’ Ballot Measure: Uber Reviving Deadly Robotaxis In Conjunction With Proposal For Loss of Legal Accountability

LATEST INSURANCE NEWS

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Bills to get Fire Survivors the Insurance they Paid for Pass Final Policy Committee in California Assembly 

Bills to get Fire Survivors the Insurance they Paid for Pass Final Policy Committee in California Assembly 

Carmen Balber
Sacramento, CA – Two bills to hold insurance companies accountable for the payouts they owe fire survivors passed the Assembly Insurance committee today…
Lara Forced To Redo Anti-Consumer Intervenor Proposal
Trio of Home Insurance Reform Bills to Require Fair and Timely Payouts and Improve Access to Coverage Clear CA Senate Floor
Three Bills Holding Insurance Companies to their Promises Pass Final Senate Committee, Head to Floor
Wildfire Survivors, Consumer Groups, Insurers, Public Entities Oppose Limits on Survivors’ Rights At Hearings In CA Capitol On CEA SB 254 Report  

LATEST ENERGY NEWS

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California Oil Refiners’ Profit Margins Explode in April To $1.24 Per Gallon

California Oil Refiners’ Profit Margins Explode in April To $1.24 Per Gallon

Jamie Court
Sacramento, CA – California oil refiners reported gross profits margins of $1.24 per gallon in April based on new data (opens in new tab)released…
Consumer Watchdog Testimony on Gasoline Prices Before Senate Energy Committee
Watchdog Warns of Continued Gasoline Price Spikes Without Promised Energy Commission Rules
Watchdog To Newsom: Don’t Help Chevron Get Richer, Pull Back CARB Rules
Oil Permits Surge In First Q 2026 With Majority For Dangerous Extraction Techniques; Watchdogs Warn New State Drilling Law Unfair

LATEST HEALTHCARE NEWS

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Medical Board of California Announces Maternal Mortality Task Force

Medical Board of California Announces Maternal Mortality Task Force

Michele Monserratt-Ramos
Medical Board of California Responds to the Public’s Request for Maternal Mortality Project Announcing Plan for Maternal Mortality Task Force Los Angeles,…
Goodbye Patch

Goodbye Patch

Feb 4, 2026
Bakersfield OB/GYN Fails Competency Exam: Repeat Offender Doctor Can No Longer Practice Medicine
Consumer Watchdog Supports the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355) 119th Congress
Consumer Watchdog Sets the Record Straight on the Patient Safety Risks of Medical Board of California’s AB 408

LATEST PRIVACY NEWS

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Report Warns Uber Is Undermining Legal Accountability For Accident Victims While Expanding Use of Unproven Autonomous Vehicles, Public Safety At Risk 

Report Warns Uber Is Undermining Legal Accountability For Accident Victims While Expanding Use of Unproven Autonomous Vehicles, Public Safety At Risk 

Justin Kloczko
Los Angeles, CA—A new report by Consumer Watchdog warns that Uber is pursuing a deceptive campaign to weaken legal accountability for motor…
A License To Kill: How Uber’s Rush To Close Courthouse Doors And Roll Out Robocars Threatens Public Safety
New CA DMV Numbers Show Uber Robotaxi Partner Nuro Could Not Go 700 Miles Without Human Intervention; Company Seeks Liability Shield Via Ballot Measure
In One Step, You Can Ask Data Brokers to Delete Your Data Right Now
Consumer Alert Details Uber Example of Surveillance Pricing

LATEST IN THE COURTROOM NEWS

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Lara Forced To Redo Anti-Consumer Intervenor Proposal

Lara Forced To Redo Anti-Consumer Intervenor Proposal

Harvey Rosenfield
Los Angeles, CA – Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has withdrawn his proposed regulations attacking California’s consumer intervenor system after Consumer Watchdog twice pointed…
California Has the Power to Respond to the Insurance Crisis
Consumer Watchdog Asks OAL to Reject Lara Intervenor Rules Over Last-Minute Attack Letter
Consumer Watchdog Asks Court to Stop Lara’s FAIR Plan Surcharges, Order the Return of $400 Million+ to Homeowners
Lara Issues Regulations to Silence Consumer Voice in Insurance Rates

LATEST ACCOUNTABILITY NEWS

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Ralph Nader Warns Uber CEO: “If You Claim Your Technology Is Safe, You Should Not Fear a Legal System of Accountability”

Ralph Nader Warns Uber CEO: “If You Claim Your Technology Is Safe, You Should Not Fear a Legal System of Accountability”

Jamie Court
Author of Unsafe at Any Speed Says Uber’s California Initiative and Federal Fong Amendment Threaten Decades of Auto Safety Progress  Los Angeles,…
Uber Misrepresented Its Insurance Structure To Legislature To Get Reduced Uninsured Motorist Coverage; Report Requires Answers From Uber, Watchdog Says
Report: Uber Plan To Limit Accident Liability Aims To Free Up Insurance Reserves To Pay For Robotaxi Rollout, Executives Paid “Success” Bonuses
UBER’S LICENSE TO KILL INSURANCE SCAM: How Uber Is Limiting Its Liability To Raid Its Insurance Reserves & Fund Robotaxis
House Committee Votes At 2 AM To Give Immunity To Uber For Accidents Caused By Its Drivers