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Others witnesses are likely to cast a more skeptical eye on the agreement, including John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit that…
Sep 10, 2009Consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog warned that "if the settlement were approved, it would give Google a default monopoly to books for…
Sep 9, 2009The Senate finance panel chief would create cooperatives as an alternative to the public option. A leading consumer group also took aim…
Sep 9, 2009SANTA MONICA, CA -- Nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, Consumer Watchdog, has written California Attorney General Jerry Brown to request an investigation into…
Sep 9, 2009Washington, D.C. -- President Obama should not make innocent Americans injured by cost-cutting hospitals and negligent doctors a political sacrifice in his…
Sep 9, 2009A billboard critical of Mercury Insurance is taken down after the firm complains. But a vodka ad suggestive of part of the…
Sep 9, 2009The Google Book Search Settlement has taken yet another twist: in a last minute announcement, the House Judiciary Committee today posted notice…
Sep 9, 2009A group of 10 consumer advocacy groups, including the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America,…
Sep 8, 2009The National Writers Union and Consumer Watchdog were among those to file briefs urging rejection as the Google Book Search Settlement deadline…
Sep 8, 2009Judy Dugan of the Santa Monica-based advocacy group Consumer Watchdog said one of the primary reasons for the HMO system's dysfunction is…
Sep 8, 2009Brief Argues Books Settlement Violates Both U.S. And International Copyright Law, Is Anticompetitive WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog today filed a brief…
Sep 8, 2009Washington, D.C. -- The consumer group that pioneered the most successful insurance premium regulation law in the nation, which has saved California…
Sep 8, 2009LOS ANGELES, CA -- California-based Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, said Mercury Insurance has threatened to sue the owners of…
Sep 4, 2009KEITH OLBERMANN, HOST (voice-over): Good evening from New York. In health news today, the group Consumer Watchdog has asked California Attorney General…
Sep 4, 2009The city of Los Angeles this week announced a major new prescription drug bulk purchasing plan to lower costs for residents. A…
Sep 4, 2009I just got off the phone with a well-informed Dutch reporter based in Washington, D.C. His monumental assignment was, in part, to…
Sep 4, 2009California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown is joining state regulators in scrutinizing the payment practices of seven major health plans in response to…
Sep 4, 2009Doug Heller, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, says he is not worried about the CEA's ability to pay claims or its independence…
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