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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Privacy advocates are gearing up to push for broad electronic privacy legislation this fall, hoping to convince lawmakers that…
Sep 1, 2009According to word on the street, Mercury Insurance has had to throw away the signatures they've been paying for for the last…
Sep 1, 2009City Council member testified for casino. Government watchdog groups say the trip was a conflict of interest because Svanda was elected to…
Sep 1, 2009In a state parched by a three-year drought, wildfires are at least partly to blame for the price increases, industry officials and…
Sep 1, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A coalition of ten consumer and privacy advocacy organizations today called on Congress to enact legislation to protect consumer…
Sep 1, 2009If the City of Los Angeles can put a prescription drug bulk purchasing card in the hands of every resident, why can't…
Sep 1, 2009Card Will Yield Savings Ranging from 5 to 40% on Prescription Drugs The following news release was issued today by Mayor Antonio…
Sep 1, 2009Villaraigosa says he'll take bulk-purchasing scheme statewide. Los Angeles County residents could see savings of up to 40 percent on prescription medicine…
Aug 31, 2009A powerful alliance of privacy and consumer groups have likened behavioral advertising to "being followed by an invisible stalker." "An individual’s data…
Aug 31, 2009The Center for Digital Democracy, Consumer Watchdog and several other advocates are hosting a conference call Sept. 1 to make recommendations about…
Aug 31, 2009Consumer advocate Harvey Rosenfield, founder of the California-based group Consumer Watchdog, puts much of the blame for the current economic situation on…
Aug 31, 2009It's not every day that one of the world's biggest automakers voluntarity agrees to greater legal accountability to injured consumers. But that's…
Aug 29, 2009In recent months, two heavily detailed, annotated versions of confidential Google slide presentations -- one dealing with competition issues, the other with…
Aug 28, 2009The size of Los Angeles and its economic woes make the city a nationally important test of surviving the economic recession. In…
Aug 27, 2009The media slam against Congress and President Obama has been that supporters of health reform don't make a clear, simple argument for…
Aug 27, 2009Consumer Watchdog, which opposes the bill, said the language of the legislation doesn’t do what insurers contend. “It’s anti-steering bill that would…
Aug 27, 2009Two money-in-politics reports were released today that shine a spotlight on the campaign contrbutions that banks and other financial services companies have…
Aug 26, 2009For years, Shafer had paid high monthly premiums for what he thought was a first-rate health insurance plan only to find out…
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