Consumer Watchdog

Court Throws Out Auto Insurance Surcharge Law As Prop 103 Violation

Legislature Did Not Have Power To Give Boon To Mercury Insurance A Los Angeles Superior Court invalidated legislation allowing insurance companies to…

More Workers Are Likely to Retire Without Company Health Benefits

The Los Angeles Times "This is a retreat from the promise that companies have made to workers since World War II," said…

Car Insurance Suit

City News Service Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs agreed with the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights -- which filed…

Corporate Agenda Behind Philip Howard’s “Common Good” Unmasked

Group Would Decimate Jury System, Consumer Access to Court

Bill to Update State’s Unfair Competition Law Fails

A consumer group says big business, not small, is behind an initiative aimed at making similar changes.Los Angeles Daily Journal The Foundation…

The Truth About Philip Howard’s “Common Good”

CA’s Biggest Corporations Spend Big On Nov Initiative To Remove Accountability

Blue Cross has spent $250,000 thus far. Kaiser, Bank of America, Countrywide, Oracle, Edison and Intel each gave $100,000. Auto dealers have…

Nextel Loses Round in Suit On Unitemized Bills and Phony Text Messages

Superior Court Allows FCTR to Proceed with Suit against Nextel A Los Angeles Superior Court judge this morning allowed the Foundation for…

Fewer carry temblor insurance as industry changes its policies;

Northridge--10 Years LaterLos Angeles Business Journal "The insurance industry knows it has the public over a barrel, and their response to the…

Blues boom; Anthem, WellPoint deal proceeds despite challenges

Consumer group challenges mergerModern Healthcare Concerns voiced by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in November 2003 called on the FTC…

Blues boom; Anthem, WellPoint deal proceeds despite challenges

Consumer group challenges mergerModern Healthcare Concerns voiced by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in November 2003 called on the FTC…

Taking the Initiative on ’04 Ballots;

With voters increasingly asked to decide policy, issues ranging from gambling to taxation, health care and workers' comp could face public.The Los…

Headed in the right direction; State Farm reorganization well underway

The Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL) The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights criticized the companies for their "investment follies" during the stock market…

Auto rates could rise;

Bid to downplay geography would cause 25 percent increase here.The San Luis Obispo Tribune The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, one…

Man drops plan for lawsuit over TV addiction

Associated Press Doug Heller, senior consumer advocate for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica, Calif., said he increasingly…

Insurance Industry Profits Skyrocket 320%

So-Called "Tort Reforms" Unnecessary, Lawmakers Should Focus on Rate Regulation

Web Log to Chart Universal Health Care Debate — Will Schwarzenegger and the Legislature Ever Get to Cost Controls?

FTCR to track legislature's actions on health care reform A new web log was launched today by the Foundation for Taxpayers and…

ReplayTV placates irate new customers

The San Francisco Chronicle Consumer advocate Doug Heller of Santa Monica's FTCR, said ReplayTV's actions were "exactly the kind of behavior that…