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WASHINGTON -- Just hours after Facebook officially went public on the New York Stock Exchange on May 18, 2012, Oregon Gov. John…
Aug 20, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Medical malpractice and health insurance companies have given $45 million, or 77%, of the $58 million to the…
Aug 20, 2014
Sacramento, Calif. – The medical malpractice insurance industry and hospitals are the biggest force bankrolling the campaign against a patient safety initiative…
Jul 30, 2014
Sacramento, CA – Two powerful labor groups, the California Teamsters Public Affairs Council and the California Conference Board–Amalgamated Transit Union, have joined…
Jul 29, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Today environmental activist and consumer advocate Erin Brockovich announced her support for Prop 46, the November ballot initiative…
Jul 21, 2014More than 840,000 voter signatures turned in by consumer advocates and families victimized by medical negligence have qualified a landmark patient safety…
May 18, 2014AT&T has approached DirecTV the largest satellite TV provider in the United States about an acquisition. Will this mean bad deals and…
May 1, 2014San Diego's Assembly Member Lorena Gonzales has introduced legislation to allow substance abusing doctors to keep their rehabilitation secret from patients and…
Apr 30, 2014
Autumnwood is a show-home suburbia of stucco fronts and primly kept lawns nestled in the heart of Wildomar, California, about an hour…
Apr 17, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – The California Medical Board must institute new protections against drug-using doctors after waiting years to revoke the medical…
Apr 16, 2014"Simply put, Google Glass is a stalker's dream come true," Consumer Watchdog's report concluded after demonstrating how Glass could easily be used…
Apr 15, 2014Google Glass is dangerous 'spyware' that harms the privacy of the general public, according to Consumer Watchdog. The wearable technology went on…
Apr 15, 2014"Simply put, Google Glass is a stalker's dream come true," Consumer Watchdog's report concluded after demonstrating how Glass could easily be used…
Apr 15, 2014
What is a polluter’s shill to do when trying to save a client hundreds of millions of dollars in cleanup costs? Well,…
Apr 14, 2014Santa Monica, CA – Leaders of the California Medical Association, who are fighting a ballot measure to increase public accountability for dangerous…
Apr 10, 2014Business and residential customers affected by outages such as the one that hit AT&T U-verse broadband users this week may feel helpless,…
Apr 10, 2014