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Satellite TV Company Charged Unlawful “Early Cancellation” Santa Monica, CA — Consumers who are being charged an “early cancellation penalty” by satellite…
Sep 22, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The consumer group that pioneered the most successful insurance premium regulation law in the nation, California's Proposition 103, today…
Sep 22, 2009$30M in Industry Money Clouding Debate, Says Consumer Watchdog Washington, D.C. -- The health care industry and its lobbyists have hosted at…
Sep 22, 2009California regulators say they're getting close to setting rules about how long-managed care patients have to wait to get doctor appointments. About…
Sep 22, 2009A cornerstone of President Obama's health-care plan is, as he said in his speech to Congress, "individuals will be required to carry…
Sep 22, 2009Wayne Volkmuth learned what a "250 case" was while conducting research shortly after the loss of his 7-year-old son, Ryan, who died…
Sep 21, 2009RACHEL MADDOW, HOST: ... An advocacy group called Consumer Watchdog on Friday released a sheet of internal underwriting guidelines from the industry…
Sep 21, 2009A proposal to make preexisting health conditions irrelevant in the sale of insurance policies could help not just the seriously ill, but…
Sep 20, 2009Officials cite concerns that the agreement with authors and publishers could run afoul of antitrust and copyright laws. But they also propose…
Sep 19, 2009Justice Dept. Cites Possible Copyright, Antitrust Violations Critics of the agreement, including consumer groups and competitors Amazon and Microsoft, argue that it…
Sep 19, 2009Concerns Over Class Action, Copyright, Antitrust Law The DoJ was also praised by the consumer watchdog known as Consumer Watchdog, a notorious…
Sep 19, 2009The Department of Justice said the Google Book Search settlement would violate class action, copyright and antitrust law and said it should…
Sep 19, 2009The Open Book Alliance, a group formed by interests who oppose the current settlement plan, said it was pleased with DOJ's action.…
Sep 19, 2009I finally met Wendell Potter on Wednesday, the whistle-blowing former communications director for health insurance giant Cigna who quit the biz and…
Sep 18, 2009John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog said he was pleased with the filing. "As the Justice brief makes clear, the proposed class-action settlement…
Sep 18, 2009SANTA MONICA, CA — Consumer Watchdog praised the U.S. Justice Department for objecting to the proposed Google Books settlement in a brief…
Sep 18, 2009The U.S. Department of Justice has come out against the proposed agreement to settle copyright lawsuits that authors and major publishers filed…
Sep 18, 2009The U.S. Department of Justice late Friday urged the court overseeing Google's book search settlement with authors and publishers to reject the…
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