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State Insurance Regulation Kept Insurance Industry Safe While Federal Regulators Failed to Protect Financial Markets, Says Consumer Watchdog Washington, D.C. --…
Apr 22, 2009WASHINGTON, DC — Not many financial companies saw an opportunity in the economic meltdown. But large insurers did, and now they're using…
Apr 22, 2009Big warehouse discounter Costco has reportedly agreed to put in the equipment needed to ensure you get all the gas you pay…
Apr 22, 2009As Congress returns to begin an intense debate over reshaping the nation's $2.2 trillion health-care system, prominent left-leaning organizations and liberal House…
Apr 21, 2009Washington D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog wrote a letter to U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) urging that he continue to protect patients consistent…
Apr 21, 2009Earlier this month, the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog called for the Justice Department to delay the settlement. The group argued that no…
Apr 20, 2009A consumer watchdog group is howling over a recent appointment by state Sen. Ron Calderon, but for the vast majority of California…
Apr 20, 2009“Why should a drug company be able to advertise one of its products in the best possible light in 25 or 40…
Apr 18, 2009With a May 5 deadline for filing objections to the Google books settlement looming, opposition to and criticism of the settlement continues…
Apr 17, 2009The sale to Farmers, for $1.9 billion, would create the state's biggest auto insurer. Two of Southern California's biggest insurance companies are…
Apr 17, 2009The Internet Archive has sent a letter to Judge Dennis Chin, the judge overseeing the Google/Authors Guild, AAP case seeking permission to…
Apr 17, 2009Allstate Wants Back the $500 Million Consumers Saved Under California State Insurance Regulation Washington, D.C. -- Consumer advocates observed today that…
Apr 16, 2009SACRAMENTO, CA -- The appointment of a former State Farm lawyer to a California legislative panel has drawn criticism from one of…
Apr 15, 2009In a related development at the California AARB hearings, it was revealed that the California Energy Commissions Vice-Chair and Presiding member, James…
Apr 14, 2009Consumer activists criticize close links between government and industry. Sen. Ron Calderon defends his appointment. Cooley's appointment has drawn opposition from activists,…
Apr 11, 2009A proposed settlement in a copyright lawsuit involving Google's book search has drawn applause, envy, and from a handful of critics, an…
Apr 10, 2009In an effort to stem the tide of uninsured drivers in California and offer a low priced insurance policy for the poor,…
Apr 10, 2009Complaints over Google's sweeping digital books settlement have reached a boiling point. And now, a familiar Google nemesis has called on the…
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