Energy Litigation
Hyundai Owner Sues Over Gas Mileage Claim On Elantra
A Hyundai Elantra owner has sued the car maker over claims that the car gets 40 miles per gallon.
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Energy Litigation
Hyundai Sued For Misleading Consumers With MPG Claims
Consumer Watchdog has sued the automaker Hyundai over its '40 MPG' claims on the Elantra model. The lawsuit alleges that Hyundai utilized…
Jul 9, 2012
Video
Protesters focus on privacy outside Google meeting
Protests outside Google's shareholders meeting in Mountain View took on a circus-like look Thursday afternoon. Mimes dressed in track suits followed shareholders…
Jun 25, 2012
Video
Google Track Team Greets Investors At Annual Shareholder’s Meeting
Consumer Watchdog's Privacy Policy Campaign brought their "Google Track Team" of mimes to "spy" on investors as they arrived for Google's annual…
Jun 21, 2012
Consumer, Privacy, Health, Child Groups: Facebook Space for Preteens Must Protect Privacy, Be Ad-Free and Marketing-free
WASHINGTON – In a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a coalition of consumer, privacy, health and child advocacy groups called on…
Jun 18, 2012
Video
Class-action lawsuit filed against Blue Shield
A class-action lawsuit has been filed by Consumer Watchdog against Blue Shield over the shutdown of health insurance plans. Customers who are…
Jun 14, 2012
Video
Blue Shield’s “Death Spiral” Scheme Brings Class Action Lawsuit Against Them
On the morning of June 13, 2012, Consumer Watchdog announced a lawsuit against Blue Shield of California for abuses by the company…
Jun 13, 2012
Video
800,000 Signatures Submitted To Make Health Insurers Justify Their Rates
Fed up with the endless rate hikes health insurers in California impose on them, over 800,000 Californians signed the petition to put…
May 21, 2012
Video
Consumer Watchdog Campaign: The Preview Insurance Executives Don’t Want You To See.
One million Californians will be slammed today with health insurance rate hikes as high as 20%. Consumer Watchdog Campaign has a solution.…
May 1, 2012
Insurance
Are you one of the May Million too?
My name is Laurel Kaufer and I’m a Consumer Watchdog member. I am also one of the one million Californians who will…
Apr 23, 2012
Video
Aetna Announces Double-Digit Rate Hikes For California’s Small Businesses
Health insurance rates are going up. California's third largest health insurer, Aetna, has announced a new rate hike for many customers in…
Apr 12, 2012
Video
More Health Insurance Rate Hikes in California
KABC-TV's Nannette Miranda breaks down the harsh realities of California residents who must face an endless stream of rate hikes for their…
Apr 9, 2012
Video
Consumer group pushes health insurance regulation
KABC-LA: Have you noticed your health insurance premiums going up? in the last decade health insurance rates in California have gone up…
Mar 13, 2012
Video
Big Questions Raised About Our Right To Privacy In The Digital Age
On January 24, 2012, Google announced it was changing its privacy policies. All 60 Google services will now be covered by a…
Feb 29, 2012
Video
KGO-SF, ABC 7: Patients Challenge Health Insurers Through Ballot Initiative Process
KGO-SF, ABC 7: ABC 7's Michael Finney discusses how an effort to qualify a ballot initiative that would regulate health insurance rates…
Feb 22, 2012
Video
Senator Feinstein Calls On Activists To Put Health Reform on CA Ballot
In a speech in San Diego, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein goes after health insurance companies for excessive increases in consumers' premiums, often…
Feb 17, 2012
Video
Insurance Company Sued for Denying Elderly & Sick The Benefits They Paid For
Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania (SHIP) is refusing to honor thousands of long-term care insurance policies it sold to Californians, leaving…
Feb 9, 2012
Video
Uninsured Cancer Survivor Joins Initiative Launch to Regulate Health Insurance Rates
Susan Braig, a cancer survivor who is uninsured after her health insurance premiums rose too high, was one of the first to…
Feb 3, 2012