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Preliminary decision against UW may set up years-long legal battleMilwaukee Journal-Sentinel (Wisconsin) John Simpson, an official at the Santa Monica consumer rights…
Apr 2, 2007Wisconsin State Journal Critics of the patents, who say they stifle research, said the decision will likely kill the patents. But UW-Madison…
Apr 2, 2007Oakland Tribune Consumer advocate Jamie Court focused on legislative solutions. "California needs to regulate supply and force oil companies to run their…
Apr 1, 2007Associated Press The foundation sponsored a two-week trip to South America last November. A consumer group, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer…
Apr 1, 2007Oakland Tribune Jamie Court, president of consumer advocacy group the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, was even more pessimistic. "We have…
Mar 31, 2007Some experts say California's deluge of campaign records may actually make wrongdoing harder to spot.The Orange County Register (California) Doug Heller (FTCR)…
Mar 30, 2007Los Angeles Times Now, the Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights is determined to force health insurance companies to take similar steps…
Mar 30, 2007
Los Angeles Times Critics of the closed-door grant reviews arranged by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine say the decision is a…
Mar 27, 2007Public interest groups criticize decision to award CHA Regenerative Medicine Institute nearly $3 millionThe Scientist Magazine The two agencies criticizing CIRM's decision,…
Mar 26, 2007
Marketplace Radio Program (American Public Media) One thing you didn't hear President Bush or the car company CEO's pointing out this morning,…
Mar 26, 2007Marketplace Radio Program (American Public Media) One thing you didn't hear President Bush or the car company CEO's pointing out this morning,…
Mar 26, 2007Sacramento Bee (California) This health insurance market, the one for individuals or families who don't automatically get covered through their jobs, is…
Mar 25, 2007Sacramento Bee Eight top-ranking executives at AT&T have given $5,000 apiece to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign committee in recent weeks, just months…
Mar 23, 2007The San Francisco Chronicle Separately, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica sent a letter to Dr. Zach Hall,…
Mar 23, 2007