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After Donating More Than $770,000 to California Politicians During 2005-06, Company Once Again Asks Lawmakers to Defy the Law
Apr 3, 2007SB 975 (Calderon) and Krumme v. Mercury This memo explains the history of Mercury Insurance's illegal broker fees and the effort to…
Apr 3, 2007The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) The WARF patents were challenged by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and the Public Patent…
Apr 3, 2007California's drivers continue to pay more at the pump than motorists in other states.Los Angeles Times "The oil companies continue to frame…
Apr 3, 2007The protections were blamed for slowing medical research.Los Angeles Times The office ruled the discovery of embryonic stem cells from primates --…
Apr 3, 2007Associated Press The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, an arm of the University of Wisconsin that controls the school's patents, owns the patents…
Apr 3, 2007New Scientist Magazine The examiners said the Wisconsin cells -- based on the work of James Thomson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison…
Apr 3, 2007California nonprofit groups had argued research foundation claimed too much credit for process.Sacramento Bee (California) "What this means for researchers in California…
Apr 3, 2007Decision could expand researchThe San Diego Union-Tribune The ruling released yesterday could remove what many scientists say is one of the biggest…
Apr 3, 2007The New York Times The Public Patent Foundation, which seeks to overturn patents it believes are not in the public interest, sought…
Apr 3, 2007The donation is solicited for an investigation into counterfeiting of the company's cigarettes. Ethics watchdogs raise fairness concerns.Los Angeles Times Some ethics…
Apr 2, 2007San Francisco Business Times The two groups challenging the patents argued that the work done by University of Wisconsin researcher James Thomson…
Apr 2, 2007Preliminary 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)…
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