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Critics still hope to derail measure citing fears for public safety A U.S. Senate committee appears to be the last major obstacle…
Oct 4, 2017Last week, a bill focusing on autonomous vehicles called the American Vision for Safer Transportation Through Advancement of Revolutionary Technologies (AV START)…
Oct 2, 2017A U.S. Senate bill aiming to pave the way for the development of driverless vehicles is a threat to highway safety, the…
Oct 2, 2017CVS Halts Patient Mailings That Revealed HIV Reference Through Envelope Window By Leslie Small, FIERCE HEALTHCARE September 1, 2018 https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payer/cvs-halts-mailings-revealed-hiv-reference-through-envelope Just days…
Sep 1, 2017CVS Caremark Suffers Envelope Breach Of HIV Information As Aetna Faces Lawsuit For Similar Issue Pharmacy benefit information was mailed to about…
Aug 31, 2017CVS Accused Of Revealing HIV Status Of 4,000 Ohio Customers By Ashlee Kieler, CONSUMERIST August 31, 2017 https://consumerist.com/2017/08/31/cvs-accused-of-revealing-hiv-status-of-4000-ohio-customers/ Days after insurance giant…
Aug 31, 2017CVS Exposes Patients’ HIV Status In Mailings By Lou Chibbaro, Jr., WASHINGTON BLADE August 30, 2017 CVS exposes patients’ HIV status in…
Aug 30, 2017EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Documents Show Jerry Brown Giving Big Oil a Seat in Drafting Climate Policy By Kate Aronoff, IN THESE TIMES June…
Jun 28, 2017
Santa Monica, CA – Following Consumer Watchdog’s challenge to excessive rate hikes proposed by Farmers Insurance Group for 1.2 million renters, homeowners,…
Mar 29, 2017Paul Simon v. Blue Cross of California d/b/a Anthem Blue Cross, Los Angeles Superior Court Case Number BC639205 A California class-action lawsuit…
Jan 18, 2017California To Tesla: Don’t Call it Autopilot By David R. Baker, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE October 2, 2016 http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/California-to-Tesla-Don-t-call-it-9636056.php California regulators, it turns…
Oct 3, 2016
LADWP incorrectly billed a ratepayer in Northridge for $17,000 and threatened to turn off her power, and didn't do anything to correct…
Sep 27, 2016SACRAMENTO >> The state’s Fair Political Practices Commission has launched a formal probe into allegations of corruption and the tangle of close…
Sep 25, 2016
Santa Monica, CA -- Three rate proposals from State Farm – California’s largest commercial multi-peril insurer – to increase commercial multi-peril insurance…
Apr 20, 2016Consumer Watchdog has filed a lawsuit against TransAmerica for unreasonably raising life insurance premiums on policyholders. Consumers who depend on these policies…
Mar 21, 2016This press conference features Consumer Watchdog and attorney Mike Aguirre discussing the complaint against Governor Brown’s top aide, Nancy McFadden. She appears…
Mar 15, 2016Privacy and cybersecurity lawyer Jim Halpert and John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog discussed the prospect of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) developing…
Mar 15, 2016A new video shows a Google self-driving car hitting a bus in California, the first such accident where the tech company said…
Mar 11, 2016