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Google's overreaching in trying to tightly control scanned digital copies of world literature has stuck an alarm bell with more than just…
Apr 29, 2009SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Why is Google lobbying the US Congress over the webification of the nation's health records? It won't say.…
Apr 29, 2009Google has reportedly been questioned by the U.S. Justice Department over whether its plans to digitize the world’s books into an online…
Apr 29, 2009I was asked by a local TV station to participate in today’s talk-fest on the Obama administration’s first 100 days in office,…
Apr 29, 2009John M. Simpson, an advocate with Consumer Watchdog, a California consumer group, said his organization had been contacted by justice department lawyers…
Apr 29, 2009The Justice Department has begun an inquiry into the antitrust implications of Google's settlement with authors and publishers over its Google Book…
Apr 29, 2009According to first quarter federal reports, Google participated in lobbying efforts aimed at allowing the sale of electronic medical records in the…
Apr 29, 2009The U.S. Justice Department is making antitrust inquiries into Google Inc.'s settlement with authors and publishers over the Internet giant's project to…
Apr 29, 2009A federal judge has granted authors worldwide four more months to decide whether to participate in a settlement involving Google's online Book…
Apr 28, 2009Washington D.C. -- Health care reform failed in California last year, and Massachusetts faces budget overruns and out-of-pocket cost increases for patients…
Apr 28, 2009Washington, DC -- First quarter federal reports show Google lobbied on the electronic medical records provisions of the federal economic stimulus act,…
Apr 28, 2009Faced with mounting criticism of the proposed Google Books settlement, the Internet giant has asked the court to extend the time for…
Apr 28, 2009With opponents to the ambitious Google Book Search settlement continuing to emerge, Google as well as authors and publishers have asked for…
Apr 27, 2009One doctor traded prescriptions for sex. A pharmacist illegally popped pain pills while filling prescriptions. And a dentist huffed nitrous oxide until…
Apr 26, 2009Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont, has been dinged by the group Consumer Watchdog, which earlier this year scolded the senator for accepting $183,750…
Apr 26, 2009Now that the refinery is idle except for basic maintenance and safety operations, other refineries have been able to bridge the gap,…
Apr 25, 2009"Allowing insurers to pick their regulator, just like AIG did, will negate hard-won consumer rights laws and destroy state-based oversight," Carmen Balber…
Apr 24, 2009RE: ''Regulate Me, Please,'' by Tom Wilson, the chairman of Allstate (Op-Ed, April 16). What the insurance industry really wants is to…
Apr 24, 2009